No. 71 (2017): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Ukrainian language and literature

PECULIARITIES OF TRANSFORMATION OF BIBLICAL IMAGES IN POETRY BY VIRA VOVK

D. LOKHART

Published 2017-11-27

Keywords

  • biblical image,
  • transformation,
  • Jesus Christ,
  • Virgin

Abstract

Aesthetic awareness of biblical images in poetry by Ukrainian writer from Brazil – Vira Vovk – has been considered. Integration of such biblical characters as Jesus Christ, Virgin, Eve, Cain, Abel, Magdalene, the Woman of Samaria, Judah, Pontius Pilate etc. into poetic texts has been traced. Characteristics of processing of biblical and Christian material have been studied.