The Stone Host, Lesia Ukrainka's "Spanish" Play

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2021
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Pronkevych, Oleksandr
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The article provides an analysis of the "Spanish code" inscribed in the text of Lesia Ukrainka’s drama Kaminnyi hospodar (The Stone Host). The constituents of the code include: 1) conventions of 17th century Spanish baroque drama, in particular, use of the dialectics of the concepts of dignity and reputation as a driving mechanism for conflict throughout Lesia Ukrainka’s play and transformation within the classical scheme of characters suggested by Lope de Vega and his followers; 2) stereotypes of "Spanishness" through which the playwright produced a hetero- image of Spain. Lesia Ukrainka’s variant of the famous legend of Don Juan is a sophisticated modernist drama. The "Spanish code" serves as a prism through which the playwright examines the world. Lesia Ukrainka created an astonishing modernist tragicomedy of dishonesty, full of the spirit of uncertainty.
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Lesia Ukrainka, Spanish code, conventions of 17th century Spanish baroque drama, stereotypes of "Spanishness", intertextuality, imagology, article
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Pronkevych O. The Stone Host, Lesia Ukrainka's "Spanish" Play / Oleksandr Pronkevich // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2021. - № 8. - P. 16-32. - https://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj249167.2021-8.16-32