Контрольная работа: Literature in Ukraine: Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky and Oles Honchar

7) When did realizm flourish in Ukraine?

8) Was Mykhail born in what family?

9) What did M. Kotsiubynsky describe?

10) What literary traditions did he develop?

11) When did Mykhail become the breadwinner in the family?

12) What traditions did he follow?

13) Into how many languages have his works been translated?

14) When did his first English language translations appear?

15) What is the most famous novel, written by Honchar?

16) «Sobor» was banned, wasn't it?

17) What other novels by Oles Honchar do you know?

18) Oles Gonchar is the «conscience of Ukraraine», doesn't he?

19) What problems were raised in the books by Oles Honchar?

4. Answer the Questions

1. Old Ukrainian literature took centuries to develop, influenced by two bookish languages.

2. «The Precept of Volodymyr Monomakh» is an outstanding literary memorial of the distant past.

3. The Kyiv-Pechersk Patericon» describes the lives of the Fathers of the Caves.

4. In the 16th century poetry received a powerful impetus.

5. Ivan Kotlyarevsky's epic burlesque «Aeneid» turned out the first creation of new Ukrainian literature.

6. In 1840, his «Kobzar» came off the press.

7. Realism flourished in the second half of the century.

8. Mykhaylo was born into the family of a poor official (clerk).

9. Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky described the life of the Ukrainian people at the turn of the 20th century.

10. Kotsiubynsky developed literary traditions created by Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Franko.

11. At the age of fourteen, after his father's death Mykhaylo became the breadwinner in the family.

12. He followed traditions of the school of realism of Levytskyi, Panas Myrny.

13. His works were translated into Russian and Western European languages during his lifetime and gained popularity far, beyond theborders of Ukraine.

14. The first English language translations appeared back in 1925.

15. The most famous novel, written by Honchar is «Sobor».