Cultural and educational event – round table «Dialogue between generations: reading »Kobzar« together»
This year, Ukrainians celebrate the 212th anniversary of the birth of the Great Kobzar — the brilliant poet, thinker, and talented artist Taras Shevchenko. His words remain a symbol of spiritual strength, national dignity, and love for their native land.
In order to honor the memory of the artist, popularize his creative heritage, and foster respect for the Ukrainian word, on March 12, the Department of Ukrainian Studies and General Language Training organized an interfaculty cultural and educational event — a round table «Dialogue of Generations: Reading »Kobzar« Together»” at the Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University.
The event brought together students from various faculties – information security and electronic communications, computer science and technology, business technology and economics, law, transport, social sciences, who, together with the department’s teachers Tetyana Bilenko, Kateryna Bondarchuk, Iryna Voronyuk, Lina Myronyuk, and Tetyana Katysh, delved into the depths of Shevchenko’s words, understanding their meaning for modern Ukrainian society.
The program of the event was rich, meaningful and full of interesting speeches and creative presentations. The head of the Department of Student Research, Snezhana Vychuzhanina, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech, emphasizing the importance of preserving and understanding the spiritual heritage of Taras Shevchenko for modern youth.
The participants presented interesting reports and presentations dedicated to the Kobzar’s work, in particular: «Reflection of the mentality of Ukrainians in the works of Taras Shevchenko» – Kseniya Perekhrest (FBTE–0815), «Common motifs in the works of Taras Shevchenko and European poets» – Polina Pauk (FBTE–1615), «Shevchenko – an artist» – Alina Pozdnyakova (TF–315), «The relevance of Taras Shevchenko’s work today» – Anna Avramenko (TF–315).
Special interest was aroused by additional student presentations: «Unknown Taras Shevchenko» — Dmytro Podnebesny (YUF–315), «Translations and paraphrases of Taras Shevchenko’s works» — Dmytro Kupin (BK–235), «Legal examination of a poetic text: an unknown manuscript of Taras Shevchenko’s poem «I am the same»» — Oleksandra Maleva (YUF–115), «Shevchenko and Zaporizhzhia» — Danylo Thyssen (YUF–215).
Tetyana Katysh recited the poem «A Cherry Orchard Around the House» in Ukrainian and English. The interactive quiz on the Kobzar’s work, conducted by law students Kostyanin Horpynych and Yegor Nazarenko (Law Faculty 115), aroused the lively interest of the participants.
Students of the transport and law faculties of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University prepared a sincere and inspired recitation of the Kobzar’s favorite poems, creating a kind of poetic flashmob – a live reading of Shevchenko’s works (Artemiy Drozd, Timur Ivashchenko, Vasyl Blagodist, Danylo Manzhula, Eric Semenyakin, Anna Avramenko, Danylo Thissen, Artem Gavrilenko, Kateryna Ganzha). Excerpts from the recitations can be viewed in the video «Reading »Kobzar« together»: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcWJnxMWoQ2exdTQxXilUUAhgMJ6YByt/view?usp=sharing
A special atmosphere was created by the presentation of the bookplate «Kobzar in Miniature. The World of Shevchenko», dedicated to various editions of Taras Shevchenko’s works – from rare to modern ones, which are stored in the funds of the University’s Scientific Library. An overview of these unique editions was presented by the head of the library’s fiction sector, Nataliya Fedko, who spoke about the history and value of individual editions of Kobzar’s legacy.
The words of Taras Shevchenko remain alive, relevant and capable of uniting generations of Ukrainians today!
