Francysk Skaryna’s prayer verse

Authors

  • Viachaslau P Rahojsha Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

poem, stich, prayer verse, stich versification, translation, Bible, Francysk Skaryna

Abstract

The article is devoted to the investigation of the essence of the prayer verse (kontakion), its artistic features and rhythmical components. The terms «stich» (stichos – Greek) and «stich versification» are introduced into Belarusian prosody terminology. The subject of study is the character of the prayer verse in Francysk Skaryna’s (ca. 1490 – ca. 1551) creative work, the contribution of Belarusian first printer and the Bible translator into the development of Belarusian and the whole Eastern Slavonic poetry, into the formation of particular verse genres, kinds and strophe forms (litany, acrostich, tercet, distich and others).

Author Biography

  • Viachaslau P Rahojsha, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    doctor of science (philology), full professor; professor at the department of theory of literature, faculty of philology

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Published

2019-02-08

Issue

No. 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology

Section

To the 500 th Anniversary of Belarusian Book Printing

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Rahojsha, V.P. 2019. Francysk Skaryna’s prayer verse. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology. 2 (Feb. 2019), 5–15.