SKOVORODA VS SHEVCHENKO (AN ECHO OF IDEAS)

Svitlana YERMOLENKO,
Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Philol.), Head of the Department of Stylistics, Culture of the Language and Sociolinguistics, Institute of the Ukrainian Language of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
4 Hrushevskyi St., Kyiv 01001, Ukraine;
e-mail: svitlana.yermolenko@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-4915

Heading: FROM HISTORY OF CULTURE AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE: TO THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF HRIHORY SKOVORODA’S THE BIRTH
Language: Ukrainian

Abstract
The article offers an analysis of the profound connections between the literary works of Skovoroda and Shevchenko. It traces a link between Skovoroda’s philosophy of the heart (cardiocentrism) and Shevchenko’s heart prayer and verbal prayer. The scholars’ world views were formed by different times and existing cultural and social norms. They received different education and suffered dissimilar fates. Shevchenko was critical of Skovoroda’s writing style, believing that it negatively influenced the language of Kotlyarevsky’s “Eneida.” However, Shevchenko carried on Skovoroda’s concept of the traveling Ukrainian philosopher, the idea of the heart, and the philosophy of human happiness into his own poetic works expressed through Ukrainian folk language. The article highlights inter-textual connections between Skovoroda and Shevchecnko’s literary works. It concludes that the language of literary works, scholars, and education is tied to the national and social self-awareness of the nation.
Key words: literary language, philosophy of language, Skovoroda’s language, Shevchenko’s language, aestheticized word.

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