СПОРІДНЕНИЙ КРОВНО(до питання про зв’язки Юрія Федьковича з Польщею)

Abstract

For the first time in literary studies, the topic of relations between the Ukrainian writer, public and cultural figure Yuriy Fed’kovych (1834–1888) and Poland is at the center of a separate scientific observation. Significant documentary material is pointed out: the relevant biographical materials, the artist’s creative heritage, numerous historical and literary publications on certain topics in Polish, as well as translations of Fed’kovych’s writings in Polish. The delin- eation of the source base made it possible to understand that most of it is still scattered, so mostly outdated, and therefore not involved in the study, the latest period in the development of the topic in Polish and Ukrainian literary and sci- entific community remains completely unknown. The article outlines Y. Fed’kovych’s genetic and interpersonal contacts with Poland, remarkable and psychologically complicated with the noble origin of the writer’s father, A. Hordyński de Fedkowicz. The interest of author of “Night Lodging», “Love – Loss» to Polish literature and in general Polish culture, his relationship with the Polish people and so on. The question of the development of Polish motives in the work by Y. Fed’kovych was also raised. The attempt to characterize certain tendencies in the Polish-language literary critical reception of the Ukrainian author, which took place mainly in the 19th century, and in the field of translation was made. Among the literary works, more attention is naturally paid to the study by the Polish writer Abgar-Soltan «Józef Jerzy Hordyński-Fedkowicz, poeta rusiński na Bukowinie» (1892), one of the best monographic works about a Bukovinian who saw the world outside Ukraine. In the desired future may be realized the comprehensive edition of relevant sources and professional study of each of the layers of this important material.