Mariana Myrosh is a Master’s student in Cultural Studies program at the Catholic University of Leuven. Her academic interests include literary history, Eastern European studies, memory studies and translation studies. Her MA thesis focuses on “Conceptualization of ‘Death’ and ‘Suffering’ as a Reflection of the Socio-Political Change in Ukrainian Literature of the 1920s and 1930s.”
Stories
Myth and Identity: Deciphering Ukrainian ‘Peasant-ness’ in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The essay explores the construction of the myth of Ukrainian ‘peasant-ness’ as a national characteristic in the 19th century, shaped by both intellectual discourse and imperial policies. Through an analysis of the correspondence of Taras Shevchenko, Mykola Kostomarov, and Panteleimon…