Пантелеймон Куліш-поет у критичній рецепції Миколи Зерова

Abstract

У статті проаналізована праця М. Зерова «Поетична діяльність Куліша», що є структурною частиною книжки нарисів з новітнього українського письменства «Від Куліша до Винниченка», під оглядом змісту, форми і поетики. Охарактеризовано критичну рефлексію М. Зерова поетичної спадщини П. Куліша. Детально з’ясовано зміст статті, присвяченої поетичній творчості ключової фігури українського літературного процесу другої половини ХІХ століття П. Куліша.

The article analyzes the work of Мykola Zerov, “The poetic activity of Kulish”, which is a structural part of the book of essays by the Ukrainian writer, “From Kulish to Vynnychenko”, by reviewing its content, form, and poetics. The critical reflection of Mykola Zerov on the poetic heritage of Panteleymon Kulish is characterized in the article. The content of a fundamental article devoted to clarifying the role and place of Kulish as a key figure in the Ukrainian literary process of the second half of the 19th century in the development of national poetry of the Shevchenko era was analyzed in detail. The article proved that Zerov “encroached” on the authority of Ivan Franko in the assessment of Panteleymon Kulish, as he considered it too categorical and not always fair. His balanced impartial analysis, based on the use of the historical and cultural method, helped to defend the artistic weight of the poetic activity of Panteleymon Kulish. It is justified that the return to the active literary practice of the academic achievements of Mykola Zerov in the field of characterizing the lyrical heritage of Panteleymon Kulish was fair and valuable in relation to both figures (both Kulish and Zerov), undeservedly scribbled by Soviet literary science.