Haidamaky (poem)
Haidamaki (Ukrainian: Гайдамаки) is an epic poem by Taras Shevchenko about the Koliivshchyna led by Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Gonta.
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The poem was written in about 1839–1841 and first published in full as a separate book in Saint Petersburg in 1841.[1] It is dedicated to his friend, artist, Vasyl Ivanovych Hryhorovych.[2]
Structure
The poem consists of an introduction, 11 main chapters, an "Epilogue," a prose preface, and "Precepts." The introduction and the "Epilogue" are the compositional framing of the poem. In the introduction, the poet declares his ideological intention to glorify the Haidamaks. Here he asserts the idea of the nationality of literature and the right of Ukrainian literature to exist and develop.
Plot
The story has two intertwined storylines: the development and course of the uprising called Koliivshchyna and the story of Yarema's personal life.
See also
- Izbornyk
- Koliivshchyna (film)
- List of Ukrainian-language poets
- List of Ukrainian-language writers
- Ukrainian literature
References
- Taras Shevchenko. "Zibrannia tvoriv u shesty tomah", Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 2003. T. 1 Poeziya 1837-1847, (editor's notes)
- Текст першодруку окремою книжкою (Гайдамаки / Поема Т. Шевченка. — Санктпетербург, 1841)