Transformation of Christian Motifs in Ihor Rymaruk’s Poetry Collection The Bermuda Triangle
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Revisiting the key notions of the myth is prerequisite for keeping its relevance. Ihor Rymaruk’s poetry collection “The Bermuda Triangle” is closely related to the Christian myth and represents a radical transformation of the core Christian concepts. This article examines the forms of re-thinking the Christian myth in “The Bermuda Triangle” and analyzes an eschatological leitmotif of the collection.The research distinguishes four types of Christian concepts in Rymaruk’s poetry collection. preserves the original Christian connotations of the Holy Mother, Saint Peter and the fish. They still have sacred meaning, and poetical characters of “The Bermuda Triangle” tend to express their longing to these figures. What is more, they are only those embodying a possibility of salvation. The images of Eve and the Bethlehem star are expanded, while the perception of Christ, God the Father, as well as the iconic image of the Holy Trinity are contradictory to the conventional view due to their desacralisation. By changing the symbolic meaning of these images, expresses the shift in public morals. Such a change of values, in the outlook of and his generation, is a sign of the coming of the apocalypse, which was felt and reflected on. Thus, the eschatological mindset of the literary generation of the 1980’s (the eighters, or “visimdesyatnyky”) gets its explanation. The original concept shown in “The Bermuda Triangle” is a motif of searching for the water, which is an essential part of Rymaruk’s poetical outlook. Contradicting the pessimistical images of the decaying world, it becomes a source of hope and the promise of resurrection.
Author: Daryna Chupat
Institution: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409295489