Wschód w ukraińskiej recepcji literackiej dwudziestolecia międzywojennego

Abstract

The article deals with a strong interest in the East and a rapid development of oriental studies in Ukraine in the 1920s and the early 1930s, which was reflected in fiction. At the time P. Tychyna, M. Bazhan, L. Pervomaisky, V. Dubrovsky and others actively translated poetry and prose of Eastern literatures. The Eastern culture and direct impressions of personal journeys became a powerful urge to create lyric and epic works (the short stories and tales by O. Dosvitniy, "The Conspiracy of Desmol" by L. Velychko, "The Black Lake" by V. Gzhytsky, "The Novel of Mezhyhirya" by I. Le, "The Master of the Ship" by Yu. Yanovsky and others). But the most detailed and comprehensive vision of the nature, climate, economic features, way of life and culture of the Eastern people could be seen in numerous travel sketches.