Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300137316
- eISBN:
- 9780300156072
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300137316.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines the works and literary activity of Moisei Fishbein, a Ukrainian poet of Jewish descent. It suggests that Fishbein considered himself a Jewish Messiah coming to redeem Ukrainian ...
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This chapter examines the works and literary activity of Moisei Fishbein, a Ukrainian poet of Jewish descent. It suggests that Fishbein considered himself a Jewish Messiah coming to redeem Ukrainian culture from its colonial marasm. The chapter also relates how he emerged as one of the most eminent champions of the Ukrainian linguistic revival, who was followed by a succession of Ukrainian-Jewish literary figures aware of the long tradition he represented.Less
This chapter examines the works and literary activity of Moisei Fishbein, a Ukrainian poet of Jewish descent. It suggests that Fishbein considered himself a Jewish Messiah coming to redeem Ukrainian culture from its colonial marasm. The chapter also relates how he emerged as one of the most eminent champions of the Ukrainian linguistic revival, who was followed by a succession of Ukrainian-Jewish literary figures aware of the long tradition he represented.
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300137316
- eISBN:
- 9780300156072
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300137316.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the Jewish contribution to Ukrainian culture. The book analyzes the works and careers of five Ukrainian poets of Jewish ...
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This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the Jewish contribution to Ukrainian culture. The book analyzes the works and careers of five Ukrainian poets of Jewish descent who constructed their dual Ukrainian-Jewish identities through their literary activities. It argues that one can read literary narratives composed by Ukrainian Jews as their reflections on the colonial status of Ukraine and a plea for its national revival, and that the choice of the Ukrainian language by Jewish writers was imbued with an implicit anti-imperial message.Less
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the Jewish contribution to Ukrainian culture. The book analyzes the works and careers of five Ukrainian poets of Jewish descent who constructed their dual Ukrainian-Jewish identities through their literary activities. It argues that one can read literary narratives composed by Ukrainian Jews as their reflections on the colonial status of Ukraine and a plea for its national revival, and that the choice of the Ukrainian language by Jewish writers was imbued with an implicit anti-imperial message.
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300137316
- eISBN:
- 9780300156072
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300137316.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines the works and identity of Hryts'ko Kernerenko, a Ukrainian poet of Jewish descent. It describes Kernerenko's attempts to integrate into Ukrainian culture and recreate the image ...
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This chapter examines the works and identity of Hryts'ko Kernerenko, a Ukrainian poet of Jewish descent. It describes Kernerenko's attempts to integrate into Ukrainian culture and recreate the image of colonial Ukraine. The chapter also argues that the Ukrainian feedback to Kernerenko's literary experiments constitute early attempts by the Ukrainian intelligentsia to integrate Jews into Ukrainian literary discourse. It contends that Kernerenko was among the first, if not the first, to discover that the Ukrainian language is capable of conveying Jewish political, social, and cultural concerns.Less
This chapter examines the works and identity of Hryts'ko Kernerenko, a Ukrainian poet of Jewish descent. It describes Kernerenko's attempts to integrate into Ukrainian culture and recreate the image of colonial Ukraine. The chapter also argues that the Ukrainian feedback to Kernerenko's literary experiments constitute early attempts by the Ukrainian intelligentsia to integrate Jews into Ukrainian literary discourse. It contends that Kernerenko was among the first, if not the first, to discover that the Ukrainian language is capable of conveying Jewish political, social, and cultural concerns.
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300137316
- eISBN:
- 9780300156072
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300137316.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This book explores the Jewish contribution to, and integration with, Ukrainian culture, focusing on five writers and poets of Jewish descent whose literary activities span the 1880s to the 1990s. ...
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This book explores the Jewish contribution to, and integration with, Ukrainian culture, focusing on five writers and poets of Jewish descent whose literary activities span the 1880s to the 1990s. Unlike their East European contemporaries—who disparaged the culture of Ukraine as second-rate, stateless, and colonial—these individuals embraced the Russian- and Soviet-dominated Ukrainian community, incorporating their Jewish concerns in their Ukrainian-language writings. The author argues that the marginality of these literati as Jews fuelled their sympathy toward Ukrainians and their national cause. Providing extensive historical background, biographical detail, and analysis of each writer's poetry and prose, he shows how a Ukrainian-Jewish literary tradition emerged. Along the way, the author challenges assumptions about modern Jewish acculturation and Ukrainian–Jewish relations.Less
This book explores the Jewish contribution to, and integration with, Ukrainian culture, focusing on five writers and poets of Jewish descent whose literary activities span the 1880s to the 1990s. Unlike their East European contemporaries—who disparaged the culture of Ukraine as second-rate, stateless, and colonial—these individuals embraced the Russian- and Soviet-dominated Ukrainian community, incorporating their Jewish concerns in their Ukrainian-language writings. The author argues that the marginality of these literati as Jews fuelled their sympathy toward Ukrainians and their national cause. Providing extensive historical background, biographical detail, and analysis of each writer's poetry and prose, he shows how a Ukrainian-Jewish literary tradition emerged. Along the way, the author challenges assumptions about modern Jewish acculturation and Ukrainian–Jewish relations.
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300137316
- eISBN:
- 9780300156072
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300137316.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on Jewish contributions to Ukrainian culture. It explains that the five Ukrainian poets of Jewish descent in this study—Hryts'ko Kernerenko, Ivan ...
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This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on Jewish contributions to Ukrainian culture. It explains that the five Ukrainian poets of Jewish descent in this study—Hryts'ko Kernerenko, Ivan Kulyk, RaisaTroianker, Leonid Pervomais'kyi, and Moisei Fishbein—considered the Ukrainian language not only a medium of literary discourse but also an object of anticolonialist reflection. The chapter discusses how they are connected methodologically, thematically, and in terms of cultural genealogy.Less
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on Jewish contributions to Ukrainian culture. It explains that the five Ukrainian poets of Jewish descent in this study—Hryts'ko Kernerenko, Ivan Kulyk, RaisaTroianker, Leonid Pervomais'kyi, and Moisei Fishbein—considered the Ukrainian language not only a medium of literary discourse but also an object of anticolonialist reflection. The chapter discusses how they are connected methodologically, thematically, and in terms of cultural genealogy.
