Imagination of the general: the Belarusian language and the Belarusian content of Alexander Yelsky’s works

  • Pavel R. Koshman Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I. P. Shamyakin, 28 Studenckaja Street, Mazyr 247760, Belarus

Abstract

The article is devoted to the process of formation and expression of the ideas of the Belarusian community in the national literary tradition. Based on the material of A. Yelsky’s works, the role of the Belarusian language in consolidating the creative forces of Belarus and their search for a common value basis with the Belarusian people are indicated. In the artistic situations of the author’s Belarusian-language communication with the reader, the continuity of tasks for the representation of the Belarusian peculiarity and the construction of the Belarusian identity is traced. The personal creative contribution of A. Yelsky to filling the literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the idea of the historical subjectivity of the Belarusian people is revealed.

Author Biography

Pavel R. Koshman, Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I. P. Shamyakin, 28 Studenckaja Street, Mazyr 247760, Belarus

PhD (philology), docent; dean of the faculty of advanced training and retraining

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Published
2025-03-14
Keywords: Alexander Yelsky, Belarusian literature of the 19th century, Belarusian language, Motherland, Belarusian community, identity
Supporting Agencies The article was prepared in the framework of the state scientific research programme «Society and humanitarian security of the Belarusian state for 2021–2025» (subprogramme «National narrative in Belarusian literature of the 19th – 20th centuries: the specifics of construction and artistic representation»).
How to Cite
Koshman P. R. Imagination of the general: the Belarusian language and the Belarusian content of Alexander Yelsky’s works // Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology. 2025. 1. PP. 31-37.
Issue
No 1 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology
Section
Literary Research

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