A concept-model of national spirit through the lens of the ukrainian literary tradition

Abstract

The authors analyse the most typical intentional concepts used by generations of folk poets as well as by professional poets and writers; consider these concepts as the determiners of culture, spirituality, and national spirit. The authors focus on the period of Ukrainian Baroque, which is viewed as the process of the formation of a Ukrainian artistic personality’s style. In particular, the Baroque elements in Lina Kostenko’s poetry are considered. The importance is emphasised of a person’s ethnic and cultural self-identification that opposes the dehumanising tendencies in modern science and education under the influence of global universalistic doctrines.