Poetics of Resistance: An Introduction to Ukrainian Literature

Harvard FAS

This course will provide an overview of Ukrainian multicultural literature through the lens of the poetics of resistance. Our exploration will span the period from the genesis of modern Ukrainian literature in the 17th century to contemporary works emerging in the face of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Starting from the discussion of Ivan Kotliarevsky’s travesty of Virgil’s Aeneid, Nikolai Gogol/ Mykola Hohol’s hybrid identities and Taras Shevchenko’s resolutely…