Polish Studies of Kyiv: works of International scientific conference, Kyiv, 23-25 of May, 2018. / chief editor R. Radyshevskyi. – vol. XXXV. – Kyiv: Talkom, 2019. – P. 490-495.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/psk.2019.35.490-495

Mishchuk I.

THE IMAGE OF WAR IN THE PODILSK' WORLD OF LEOPOLD BUCHKOVSKY

Abstract. The author of the article focuses on the analysis of the author’s image of wartime in the work of Leopold Buchkovsky «Black Stream», in the foundation of which the philosophical concept «life – existency» is laid. In the prevailing form of war, attention is focused on the mechanism of evil, which is formed by military actions, as well as the principles of world events distorted by hostility, chaos and anarchy.

In the article considerable attention is paid to the biography of Leopold Buchkowski, his main works are reviewed and the leading motives of creativity of the author are singled out.

The researchers repeatedly wrote about the dominant negative-colored color and contrast presented in the “Black Stream”. A characteristic feature of L. Buchkovsky’s work is the versatility and ambiguity of artistic works, the consequence of which is the diversity of interpretation of the presented material. His works are constructed in such a way that the reader does not always have to perceive the world in accordance with the intentions of the author, on the contrary, he has the opportunity to give it his own hypothetical system, to see in it what he considers to be important and valuable.

Total demoralization, poverty and hunger – this is exactly the situation in the Black Stream. Relativity of heroes and artistic space is one of the main principles of the functioning of the author’s model of Podillya. So in the “Black Stream” destruction and death of people is accompanied by deconstruction and collapse of the surrounding world.

The author of the article emphasizes that in the Black Stream there is no pathos or “uplift”, this is one of the most “moral” stories about how to “be a man.” . It should be stressed that Buchkovsky does not give moral evaluations to his heroes and their actions, forcing the reader to compare the artistic material with the dichotomy of good to evil. The Black Stream campaign focuses on “cold reality” and objectivism, which creates a sense of acute contrast with the theme and material about horrible events.

So, Leopold Buchkovsky was deeply rooted in the world of cultural frontier, thoroughly felt its organic forms and, in fact, began to create, in order to convey (unique in music, painting, and then in the word) a unique polyphony that constituted the unique quality of its Galician– Podillya region.

Key words: borderline, conflictogenicity, ethno-cultural model, antinomy «Your – the Other – Alien».

Information about author: Mishchuk Iryna, student, department of Polish studies, Institute of Philology, Taras She- vchenko National University of Kyiv.