The Reinterpretation of Biblical Images in Katrya Grynevycheva’s “On the Way to Sykhem” and Other Stories

Tetiana Tkachenko

doi:10.35765/pk.2020.2801.05

The Reinterpretation of Biblical Images in Katrya Grynevycheva’s “On the Way to Sykhem” and Other Stories

Tetiana Tkachenko V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University (TNU) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4965-5107

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35765/pk.2020.2801.05

Keywords: Bible, story, parable, contrast, symbol, open finale

Abstract

Paper deals with the peculiarities of the small prose by Katrya Grynevycheva. It clarifies the symbolic dominants, means of character creation, and the author’s world outlook. The article identifies biblical images in her book “Po dorozi v Syxem” ta inshi opovidannya [“On the way to Sykhem” and Other Stories]. The writer uses paraphrases for citation of the Biblical text. She adds new meanings and extends the semantics of religious images. The images include: Heroes, Characters, Flora and Fauna, and the Elements. Katrya Grynevycheva correlates such concepts as ground, terra, earth and Homeland. Thus, Ukraine is spiritual substance. The investigation reveals the main features of the author’s individual style. The book represents a variety of genres (legend, fairytale, parable, storytelling). The Christian intertext pervades all stories. Katrya Grynevycheva builds the artistic God’s world and insists on basic truths (love, faith and peace). The paper proves the uniqueness and significance of the writer’s heritage in the development of Ukrainian literature.

Author Biography

Tetiana Tkachenko, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University (TNU)

Graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2003. In 2006 she defended her MA thesis on the feminine discourse in Ukrainian literature of the second half of the twentieth century and received the degree of Candidate of Philology. She worked at the International School of Ukrainian Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 2013 she acquired the title of adjunct. In 2018 she defended her doctoral dissertation, Ontological and existential foundations of Ukrainian small prose of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is the author of over 80 published scientific papers. Currently works as an assistant professor of Slavic Studies and Journalism at the Training and Research Institute of Philology and Journalism at the V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University.

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2020-03-01

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Tkachenko, T. 2020. The Reinterpretation of Biblical Images in Katrya Grynevycheva’s “On the Way to Sykhem” and Other Stories. Perspectives on Culture. 28, 1 (Mar. 2020), 25-36. DOI:https://doi.org/10.35765/pk.2020.2801.05.

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2020): The Bible in Ukrainian Literature

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The Bible in Ukrainian Literature

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