No. 69 (2017): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Literary theory

MANDALA AS POLYSEMANTIC ARCHETYPE IN THE LYRICAL COLLECTION BY VIRA VOVK „MANDALYA”

О. SMOLNYTSKA

Published 2017-10-30

Keywords

  • mandala,
  • poetry,
  • archetype,
  • symbol,
  • Yung method

Abstract

The article deals with the archetype of the mandala in the homonymous poetical collection by the Ukrainian writer in Brazil Vira Vovk. The common motifs of this archetype presentation in the Christian, Buddhist and other cultures are studied. The mandala is compared with different forms of crosses, rose and other symbols. The Yung method is basic.