Discourse of disease in Lesia Ukrainka’s epistolary

Larysa Horbolis; Nataliia Kobylko; Svitlana Rudenko; Tetiana Veretiuk; Svitlana Antonovych

doi:10.34069/AI/2023.67.07.27

Larysa Horbolis Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-622X
Nataliia Kobylko Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8123-4156
Svitlana Rudenko State Biotechnological University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8691-8968
Tetiana Veretiuk H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3985-1529
Svitlana Antonovych V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8553-820X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.67.07.27

Keywords: epistolary, internal picture of the disease, psychology of creativity, drama, body, literary process.

Abstract

The article deals with peculiarities of a writer’s experience of long-term illness, the influence of the disease on rhythm, lifestyle and creativity, based on Lesia Ukrainka’s letters of 1883-1913 to relatives, friends, acquaintances, artists, and public figures. It is found out that the internal picture of the disease has been reflected in the letters with the help of the system of writer’s diverse experience, feelings, and emotions. According to the epistolary, Lesia Ukrainka perceived the disease as a yoke, captivity, which prevented her from being proactive, from taking an active part in cultural, artistic, publishing and translation activities. At the same time, the disease built up a discipline, purposefulness of the writer, who worked hard at her educational and intellectual level, in such way cognized her capabilities, outlining the prospects of creativity. The article reveals peculiarities of the disease, changes in the writer’s well-being, focuses on creativity as an active resistance to the disease, as a way of achieving self-esteem. The culture of work and rest, attention to the sick body, her scrupulosity in the performance of medical procedures contributed to the creation of acceptable conditions for creative work, which performed a therapeutic function in the life of the writer.

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Author Biographies

Larysa Horbolis, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine.

Doctor in Philology, Professor, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Faculty of Foreign and Slavonic Philology, Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature, Ukraine.

Nataliia Kobylko, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philological Sciences (Ph. D.), Associate Professor, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Faculty No 6, Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, Ukraine.

Svitlana Rudenko, State Biotechnological University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philological Sciences (Ph. D.), Professor, State Biotechnological University, Faculty of Management, Department of Language Training, Ukraine.

Tetiana Veretiuk, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philological Sciences (Ph. D.), Associate Professor, H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, H.F. Kvitka-Osnovianenko Ukrainian Language and Literature Faculty, Leonid Ushkalov Department of Ukrainian Literature and Journalism, Ukraine.

Svitlana Antonovych, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philological Sciences (Ph. D.), Associate Professor, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, School of Philology, History of Ukrainian Literature Department, Ukraine.

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