Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko

The Witch of Konotop (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Naydan, Michael M.; Perminova, Alla

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Witch of Konotop (written in 1833 and published in 1836-37) is a beloved, classic Ukrainian comic novella that is little known outside of Ukraine. Part of the reason for this has been the difficulty in translating its complex stylistic levels that range from archaic Old Church Slavonic to colorful, colloquial Ukrainian. It shares several stylistic similarities to Mykola Hohol's (aka Nikolai Gogol's) Ukrainian horror tales in Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1833). These include a folksy, rambling narrator; comical situations with moral lessons; insignificant detail; ironic asides; as well as a thematic focus on Ukrainian folk belief in witches and demons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Glagoslav Publications B.V.
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781804841181
• Artikelnr.: 70095454

Autorenporträt

Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko (1778-1843) is considered by many to be "the father of Ukrainian prose" and deserving of a wider readership. Born to a prominent Ukrainian family from just outside of Kharkiv, he became a tireless cultural activist for his Ukrainian people. His prose works such as the sentimentalist Marusya (1833) and the comic The Witch of Konotop (1837) along with his theatrical works such as Matchmaking at Honcharivka (1834) earn him a place in the pantheon of nineteenth-century Ukrainian writers.