Pavlo Holovchuk’s Oeuvre: The Context of the Intercultural Interactions of Ukraine and the Balkan Region

Abstract

The article analyzes Pavlo Holovchuk’s oeuvre, whose works assert the ideals of intercultural interactions in the contextual understanding of this concept. The books of the Ukrainian-speaking poet, prose writer, journalist and publisher from Croatia Pavlo Holovchuk demonstrate the contextual background of Ukrainian literary interactions with the Balkan writings in modern conditions. In our view, it is beyond the dispute that literatures may therefore be compared and understood via a historical process. It should be noted that the problem of the intercultural interactions based on the works by Pavlo Holovchuk is not studied enough in the literary criticism. The dynamics of the perception of Pavlo Holovchuk’s works in Ukraine and abroad is adjusted by the circumstances of the writer’s living in the diaspora. However, it should be emphasized that the cultural interactions take place in present-day Ukraine as well as countries of the Balkan region, the conclusions and suggestions are applicable to a much wider context of interaction between people with different cultural background. The need for conducting this research is due to the fact that the perception by readers, especially in Balkan countries, of Pavlo Holovchuk’s prose in comparison with the similar works of other authors is of exceptional importance in the process of popularization of Ukrainian diaspora literature.