Ukrainian Literature - Taras Shevchenko, Panteleimon Kulish, and The Ukrainian Romanticism

Taras Shevchenko, Panteleimon Kulish, and The Ukrainian Romanticism

Taras Shevchenko and Panteleimon Kulish were the most prominent representatives of the Ukrainian Romantic movement—a movement which, to a large extent, crystallized modern Ukrainian national identity. The extroverted and passionate poet and artist Shevchenko became Ukraine’s famous national bard. The introverted intellectual Kulish (Shevchenko’s close friend and editor of many of his works) was condemned by most of his populist contemporaries for his controversial works and elitist ideas. However, during the Literary Discussion of 1925, Mykola Khvylovy defended Kulish as Ukraine’s ‘truly European intellectual.’ Learn more about Ukrainian Romantics by visiting the following entries: