"Dangerous shamanism". Ukrainian writer urged to be afraid of Russian poetry
Russian poetry has a powerful rhythm and rhyme, but in reality it is allegedly nonsense, only seemingly brilliant.
This was stated by Ukrainian writer, translator, and literary critic Alexander Boychenko, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent , whose words are quoted by the magazine Kraina.
“There is nothing more dangerous in the world than Russian poetry. This infection is for someone who wants to write poetry himself. – [Polish poet] Czesław Milosz, who read all the great Russian poets in the original, told how difficult it is to get rid of their influence. I wanted to express some thought, but Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva and other Pasternaks sounded in his head. Because of the power of rhythm and rhyme. This is such shamanism. You get into the rhythm, and the poetry seems ingenious. But for a second you turn on your mind - you realize what nonsense it is, ”Boichenko said.
Earlier, as PolitNavigator reported, Ukrainian writer Yuriy Andrukhovych expressed outrage at the fact that millions of people around the world adore Tolstoy, Chekhov, Tchaikovsky, Bulgakov, and Shostakovich, and called on the West to see the writer Dostoevsky as a "mediocre writer" and a "reactionary, very dangerous thinker."
Moreover, the head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory stated that performers Viktor Tsoi, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Alla Pugacheva are dangerous tentacles of the Russian world.
English version :: Read "Dangerous Shamanism" in English. A Ukrainian writer called for fear of Russian poetry.