Historiosophical and existential motives in poem M. Sytnyk «Exiled» ; Историософские и экзистенциальные мотивы в поэме М. Сытника «Изгнанник» ; Історіософські та екзистенційні мотиви в поемі м. ситника «вигнанець»

Mikhail Sytnyk one of those poets of the XX century with a distinct«national existential paradigm» in the lyrics, of which we can say, that theinextricable link between life and work, creates their own poetic being-in-theworld,kind of virtual world model. In the post-war works of Sytnyk, includingthe poem «Exiled», about existential motives we can talk just looking at thefact that the poetry of this period is dominated by the image of man as a«boundary» situation, doomed to a wandering life in strange territory.Therefore, the post-war artists lyrics are mostly autobiographical, where isclearly visible authors «I».The task that sets the author of the poem «Exiled» show the tragic fate ofa man who fell into the millstone of two misanthropic systems at the turn ofages, a man who, however, in the «existential situation» of fear, cruelty, rage,hatred and death, despite all the awareness of the tragedy of their fate, was ableto maintain its unique authenticity and spiritual strength, moral purity his inner«I», not tainted by world of violence and evil. The lyrical hero of the poem«Exiled» Ukrainian peasant Maxim finds himself at the crossroads of twototalitarian systems Nazi and Stalinist. Simple Kherson peasant desire is toreturn to his homeland and fear of forcible repatriation constitute the mainexistential conflict in poem. Historiosophical motives in the poem closelyinterwoven with existential: the fate of man and his role in history as part ofany historical process, philosophical understanding of the tragic pages ofhistory, experiencing the tragic disharmony world alienation from thesurrounding world crash era that deprives a person of the right to live in nativeland forces to become a fugitive and wander through strange worlds. Historyputs on the shoulders of immigrant Maxim baggage of terrible experiences as awitness crimes against man and humanity of two totalitarian regimes which are still unable to break his spirit, destroy his soul forefathers soil, rooted in itgenetically, folk wisdom inherent in the ...