TRANSLATION AND TEACHING OF CLASSICAL ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE IN UKRAINE: CULTURAL INFLUENCE AND HISTORICAL DIMENSION

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https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.295381

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Ukrainian school of translation, Ukrainian "Homeriana", translated literature, Ancient Greek literature

Abstract

The article studies the translation of the Ancient Greek literature into Ukrainian as an important and historically conditioned process that influenced the translation tradition in Ukraine. The authors trace the history of translation dating from the period of Kyivan Rus to modern times by applying linguistic, chronological and thematic approaches. As a result of the conducted study the authors define main directions and trends of assimilation of the classical Ancient Greek literature by the Ukrainian context through translation in its cultural and historical dimension, as well as characterize the translations of the Ukrainian scientists and outline their contribution into the classical literature corpus formation. It has been revealed that in different historical periods, translated literature performed definite functions (it was used in religious worship, as the material for original literature creation, in intellectual discussions). Since the 19th century, there existed a tendency when translators (M. Zerov, I. Franko, Lesya Ukrainka, V. Svidzinskyi, P. Nishchynskyi, M. Rylskyi, G. Kochur, Borys Ten, M. Lukash, M. Moskalenko, A. Sodomora, etc.), guided by their own preferences, cultural trends, national needs, political attitudes, consciously chose original texts for translation, carried out scientific investigations and added commentaries to their publications, thereby creating a scientific discussion in the Ukrainian society. It was also found out that translations of Homer's works into Ukrainian led to the emergence of a certain translational tradition (the same phenomenon is observed in Western Europe), when Ukrainian translators developed a methodology that allowed them not only to convey the ideological and content component of the original poems, but also to reproduce the rhyming of ancient poetry. The paper concludes that modern translators from the Ancient Greek language continue to popularize ancient literature and the legacy of the holy fathers, thereby supporting the continuity of the Ukrainian school of translation.

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Author Biographies

Zoia Kornieva, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics, Doctor of Pedagogy, Full Professor at Department of the English Language Theory, Practice and Translation

Iryna Borbenchuk, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at Department of the English Language

Theory, Practice and Translation

Yuliia Baklazhenko, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

PhD (Pedagogics), Associate Professor, Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of the English Language

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2023-12-30

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Kornieva, Z. ., Borbenchuk, I., & Baklazhenko, Y. (2023). TRANSLATION AND TEACHING OF CLASSICAL ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE IN UKRAINE: CULTURAL INFLUENCE AND HISTORICAL DIMENSION. Advanced Education, 11(23), 4–13. https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.295381

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2023: Issue 23

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