Danylo Husar Struk Programme in Ukrainian Literature of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies

Bohdan Rubchak
LITERARY ESSAYS

Articles:

• "Do vysokykh okolyts'" [On the poetry of Vasyl' Barka], Ovyd, October, 1957.
• "Poezija zvil'nenoji osobystosty" [On the poetry of Emma Andijevs'ka], Ukrajins'ka literaturna hazeta, January, 1959.
• "Rishal'ni zustrichi (Pro tvorchist' Bohdana Nyzhankivs'koho)" [On Bohdan Nyzhankivs'kyj ], Suchasnist', June, 1961. Pp. 18-46.
• "Dlja sliv nemaje mezh" [On the tradition of experimentation in Ukrainian poetry], Ovyd, January-March, 1962.
• "Uvahy do zasobiv narodnoji poeziji" [On poetic devices in Ukrainian folk poetry and modern poetry], Suchasnist', March, April, 1963. Pp. 24-58; 25-42.
• "Mity metamorfoz u poeziji Antonycha" [On Bohdan Ihor Antonych], Slovo II, 1964. Pp. 128-154.
• "Shukaiuchy spravzhnii kul'tobmin, spravzhn'oho Zerova i spravzhn'oi literatury" [On Soviet-emigre literary relations], Suchasnist', September, October, 1965. Pp. 50-67; 42-60. Parts reprinted in several periodicals.
• "Mity chuzhynky: Uvahy do tvorchosty Patrytsii Kylyny" [On Patrytsija Kylyna], Suchasnist', January, February, 1968. Pp. 10-29; 33-60. The offprint published as a separate book, Suchasnist', 1968. 51 pp.
• "Poezija antypoeziji: Zahal'ni obrysy poezii Iuriia Tarnavs'koho" [On Jurij Tarnavs'kyj], Suchasnist', April, 1968. Pp. 44-45.
• "Vid svjatykh koriv do tvorchoho myslennja" [A polemical article, dealing with questions of literary theory], Suchasnist', September, 1969. Pp. 42-76.
• "Parnas komit' holovoju" [On contemporary American poetry], Suchasnist', 1972, January, pp. 29-50; February, pp. 56-70.
• "V koli Khorsa" [On the poetry of Bohdan Kravtsiv], Suchasnist', January, 1975. Pp. 26-55. Reprinted in Suchasnist 1: 1961-1985. Vybrane, ed. Ivan Koshelivets'. New York: Prolog, 1987. Pp. 201-229. An anthology of the best critical articles published in the journal over the last 25 years.
• "Herojizm malykh dil: sytuatsija ukrajins'koji literatury navkolo 1870 r.," [On the populist and socialist movements in Ukraine in the 1870s], Suchasnist', March, 1979. Pp. 61-90.
• "Rozkrylenist' hlybyn i gotychne sertse" [On Vasyl' Barka], Terem, 6 (1979). Pp. 21-60.
• "Meandramy Viry Vovk," Suchasnist', January, 1981. Pp. 32-49.
• "Review Article: Western Philosophical Systems in Russian Literature," Canadian Slavonic Papers, XXIII, 3 (September, 1981). Pp. 330-335.
• "Peremoha nad prirvoju: pro poeziju Vasylja Stusa" [On the Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus], Suchasnist', October, 1983. Pp. 52-83. Reprinted in: Osyp Zinkevych and Mykola Francuzenko, eds. Vasyl Stus. Baltimore: Smoloskyp, 1987. Pp. 315-351. Polish translation in: Agnieszka Kornijenko, Poezja Wasyla Stusa. Krakow: Universitas, 1996. Pp. 94-117. See also the internet re-publication of this essay: "Peremoha nad prirvoju: pro poeziju Vasylja Stusa."
• "Zhyvopysanyj Shevchenko" [On Shevchenko's diary], Suchasnist', May, .1989. Pp. 58-82. See also the internet re-publication of this essay: "Zhyvopysanyj Shevchenko."
• "Bo v nas nemaje chasu" [On the young poets in Ukraine], Suchasnist', January, 1990. Pp. 37-66. Shortened version reprinted in: Kyjiv 8 (August, 1990). Pp. 101-108. Polish translation by Bohdan Zadura in: Literatura na swiecie (Warsaw), 10, 1995. Pp. 192-217
• "Rozmovy lita z veresnem" [On the poet Lina Kostenko], Svito-vyd, 2 (1990). Pp. 101-119.
• "Because We Have No Time" [On recent poetry in Ukraine], Agni, 33 (1990). Pp. 278-304.
• "Majster zorenystoho perekladu" [On the poet Oleh Zujevs'kyj], Svito-vyd I (Jan-Feb), 1993, (10). Pp. 96-126.
• "Ironichni roli ja v poeziji 'Kobzarja'" [On irony in Shevchenko's poetry], Slovo i chas, 387, 3 (March, 1993), pp. 19-24.
• "Avangard dopomozhe ukrajins'kij kul'turi [On the literary situation in contemporary Ukraine]. Suchasnist', 3-4 (1996), 209-219.
• "Kamjani baby chy svitovyd" [On the psychology of emigre writing.] Svito-vyd, 2 (1996), 89-100.
• "Potala neshchadnykh sprah" [On the femme-fatale topos in Evhen Malaniuk], Svito-vyd 1997, no. 4 (29). Pp. 55-82.
• "Shevchenkovi profili j masky" [On Shevchenko's, use of autobiograpical moments; translation and augmentation of an earlier article], Zapysky NTSh Tom 234, Pratsi Filolohichnoi sektsii (Lviv), 1997. Pp. 15-37.
• "Poezija zvil'nenoji osobystosty" [On the poetry of Emma Andijevs'ka], Kur'jer Kryvbasu (Kryvyj Rih), January, 2004. Pp. 121-125.

Chapters in Books:

• "Probnyj let" [On the Ukrainian Modernist Movement, 1900-1917]. In: Jurij Luts'kyj, ed. Ostap Luts'kyj Molodomuzets'. New York-Toronto: Slovo, 1968. Pp. 9-43.
• "Introduction: Antonych Grows, the Grass Grows." In: Bohdan Ihor Antonych, Square of Angels. Trans. Mark Rudman and Paul Nemser. Ann Arbor: Ardis, 1977. Pp. ix-xx.
• "Introduction." In: George S.N. Luckyj, ed. Shevchenko and the Critics. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1981. Pp. 3-54.
• "Shevchenko's Profiles and Masks: The Ironic Roles of Self in the Poetry of Kobzar." In: Shevchenko and the Critics. Pp. 395-429.
• "Notes on the Text." In: Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Marco Carynnyk, trans. "Ukrainian Classics in Translation, 4." Boulder, Colorado: The Ukrainian Academic Press, 1981. Pp. 43-75.
• "The Music of Satan and the Bedeviled World: An Essay on Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky." Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Pp. 79-121. Also extensive notes on Hutsulian folklore and mythology provided for this edition. See above
• "Reveries of the Earth: Three Slavic Versions" [Khlebnikov, Antonych, Harasymowicz, and G. Bachelard's philosophy]. In: D. Clayton and Gunter Schaarschmidt, eds. Poetica Slavica: Studies in Honor of Zbigniew Folejewski. Ottawa: The University of Ottawa Press, 1981. Pp. 127-161.
• "Homes of Shells: Ukrainian Emigre Poetry After the War." In: Jaroslav Rozumnyj, ed. New Soil--Old Roots: The Ukrainian Experience in Canada. Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences in Canada, 1983. Pp. 87-123.
• "Rizni dorohy Lidy Palij" [On Lida Palij's short stories]. In: Lida Palij. Svitla na vodi. Toronto: Slovo, 1985. Pp. 129-139.
• "Sertse nadvoje rozderte." Introductory study in: Natalja Livytska-Kholodna. Poeziji stari i novi. New York: SUA, 1986. Pp. 7-57.
• "Images of Center and Periphery in the Poetry of Taras Shevchenko." In: Bohdan Rubchak, ed. Studies in Ukrainian Literature. Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences. New York: Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1986. Pp. 81-118.
• "Poetychne bachennja zemli: Try slovjans'ki varianty" [On the poetry of B. I. Antonych]. In: M. M. Ilnysts'kyj, ed. Vesny rozspivanoji knjaz': Slovo pro Antonycha. Lviv: Kamenjar, 1989. Pp. 236-284.
• "Because We Have No Time: New Poetry in 1988." In: Romana Bahry, ed. Echoes of Glasnost in Soviet Ukraine. North York, Ontario: Captus Press at York University, 1990. Pp. 130-150.
• "Taras Shevchenko as an Emigre Poet." In: E.N. Burstynsky and R. Lindheim, eds. In Working Order: Essays Presented to G.S.N. Luckyj. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1990. Pp. 21-56.
• "Zhyvopysanyj Shevchenko" [On Shevchenko's diary]. In: L.M.L. Onyshkevych, et. al., eds. Svity Tarasa Shevchenka: Zbirnyk stattej. Series: Zapysky NTSh. Vol. 124. New York: Shevchenko Scientific Society, 1991. Pp. 65-90.
• "Probnyj let" [On Ukrainian Modernism, 1905-1920]. In: Mykola Ilnyts'kyj, ed. Rozsypani perly: Poety Molodoji Muzy. Kiev: Dnipro, 1991. Pp. 18-41. [Revised and expanded version].
• "Literaturna krytyka Serhija Jefremova." [On the famous literary historian and critic] In: Marko Antonovych, ed. 125 rokiv ukrajins'koji akademichnoji tradytsiji v Kyjewi (1861-1986): Zbirnyk. New York: Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993. Pp. 443-515.
• "From Strength to Strength: Observations on H. Skovoroda and Vasyl' Barka." In: Hryhorij Savych Skovoroda: An Anthology of Critical Articles. Richard H. Marshall and Thomas E. Bird, eds. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1994. Pp. 159-185.
• "Nevyrishal'ni zustrichi: vstup" and "Vyrishal'ni zustrichi" (revised). [An introduction and a critical essay in a collection of short stories]. In: Bohdan Nyzhankivs'kyj Vyrishal'ni zustrichi. Bohdan Rubchak, ed. Kyiv: Svito-vyd, 1995. Pp. 5-12, 260-279.
• "Mandrivnyk, inodi ryba." Vasyl Makhno, Cornelia Street Café, Kyiv: Fakt, 2007. Pp. 7-22.

Reviews and Minor Articles (a selection):

• "Robert Frost i zhurnal Poetry," Ukrajins'ka literaturna hazeta, February, 1956.
• "Zustrich z T.S. Eliotom," Ukrajins'ka literaturna hazeta, July, 1956.
• "Orientatsiji: Simone de Beauvoir," Ukrajins'ke zhyttja, September 15, 1956.
• "Ezra Pound," Ukrajins'ka literaturna hazeta, January, 1957.
• "Poezija pohidnoho patosu" [A review of Vira Vovk's collection of poetry], Ukrajins'ka literaturna hazeta, February, 1957.
• "Istorija odnoho sela" [A review of a book-length poem by O. Babij], Ukrajins'ke zhytta, February 9, 1957.
• "Vohnennyj holos, shcho mizh namy" [On Evhen Malaniuk], Ovyd, April, 1957.
• "Sertse je orhanom, shcho peredchuvaje" [On Mykola Kulish's Myna Mazajlo] , Ukrajins'ke, zhyttja, December 14, 1957.
• "Zatrujeni ratyshcha" [A literary polemic], Ukrajins'ke zhyttja, February 15, 1958.
• "Idut', shchob zhyty na zemli" [A review of a book-length poem by Bohdan Bojchuk], Ukrajins'ka literaturna hazeta, June, 1959.
• "A Note on Evhen Malaniuk," Scope, June-July, 1959.
• "A Poet's Achievement" [A review of a collection of poetry by Jar Slavutych], Scope, August-September, 1959.
• "A Choice of the Student Shevchenko," Scope, November-December, 1960.
• "Pro serdytykh i pro generatsiju" [A polemical article], Ovyd, January, 1961. Reprinted in several periodicals.
• "Pro pereklady" [A review of S. Hordyns'ky's translations from Western poets], Ovyd, July-September, 1962.
• "Pro fotohrafiju boluchykh vidsutnostej" [A polemical article on Shevchenko's monument in Washington], Ukrajins'ki visti, August 16-23, 1964. Reprinted in several periodicals.
• "Na poljakh kataloha" [A review of an art exhibition], Ukrajins'ke zhyttja, December 13, 1964.
• Jurij Mykul's'kyj (pseud.), "Tsinna pratsia z shevchenkoznavstva" [A review of S. Smal'-Stotsky's collection of essays on Shevchenko]. Samostijna Ukrajina, January, 1966.
• "Mystetstvo kholodnoho bachennja" [On the artist Anatol' Kolomyjets], Suchasnist', March, 1966.
• "Pys'mennyk jak komersant" [On the status of the commercial writer in America], Suchasnist', June, July, 1966.
• Jurij Mykul's'kyj (pseud.), "Chronyj humor" [On the "black-humor" American novelists], Samostijna Ukrajina, January, 1967.
• "Pro inshe, te same i tomu podibne" [A literary polemic], Suchasnist', December, 1975.
• "Modern Slavic Literatures . . . Ukrainian Literature" [Part of a collective review], The Polish Review, XXII, 2 (1977).
• "Editor's Foreword." In: Bohdan Rubchak, ed. Studies in Ukrainian Literature. New York: Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1986. Pp. 15-18.
• "Hryhorij Kostiuk. Volodymyr Vynnychenko ta joho doba..." In: Bohdan Rubchak, ed. Studies in Ukrainian Literature. New York: Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1986. Pp. 442-448.
• Ivan Fizer, "Intervju Ivana Fizera z chlenamy NJH," Suchasnist', October, 1988. Pp. 11-38. [An interview by correspondence with four emigre poets. Rubchak's comments add up to 12 pp.]