alogia / be(z)slovesye

[Svitlana Kobets]

Thank you so much, Natalia,
It is extremely interesting.
S
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From: "Natalia Pylypiuk" <natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA>
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Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:57 AM
Subject: alogia / be(z)slovesye


> Doroha Svitlano,
>      I will briefly address your question:
>
> >  > the Ukrainian lexicographer Epiphanii Slavynec'kyi
> >  > translates the Latin term "alogia" as "be(z)slovesye."
> >I believe that the reference here is to a spiritual stance
(contemplative,
> >meditative) rather than to a literary genre or any mode of
self-expression.
>
> Without a thorough study of the 17th and 18th century corpus
>   it is premature to speak about "alogia" as a spiritual stance or a
literary
>   genre.
>
> I must note, however, that Slavynec'kyj and Korec'kyj-Satanovs'kyj
> also define "stultiloquentia" -- a synonym of "alogia"--
> as "jurodoslovye."  This is food for thought when studying the
> baroque playfulness of Ihor Kalynec' and his "Trynadcjat' alohij."
>
> >  It looks
> >like he poetically defies logics/convention/tradition. In this sense his
> >poems are 'a+logical.'
>
> I agree. But there is one caveat: Lady Folly (Stultitia) is not as foolish
> as she might appear. Ne taka vzhe alohichna nasha pani Alohija...
>
> NP
>
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