Danubius International Conferences, 3rd International Conference The Danube - Axis of European Identity

Literature of Danubian Monarchy in Ukrainian Translations

Maria Ivanytska
Last modified: 2013-05-25

Abstract

The article emphasizes the increasing interest to Austrian literature of the last years of Danubian monarchy in modern Ukraine. Ukrainian translations of works by L.v.Sacher-Masoch, K.E.Franzos, A.Schnitzler, F.Kafka, R.Musil are analyzed. The points of contact between Austrian and Ukrainian literature and mentality are presented; they are particularly pronounced in the multicultural literature of Galicia and Bukovina. The article also studies the influence of translator's personality on perception of Austrian literature in Ukraine from the standpoint of imagology.