Halyna Babak
Ukrainian scholar of 20th-century Ukrainian literary modernism and Formalism, co-author (with Yuliya Ilchuk) of *Ukrainian Literary Modernism of the 1910s–mid-1930s* (Academic Studies Press).
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Sep 18, 2026
Yuliya IlchukGUEST
And out of this debate, the main trends in literary criticism and poetry emerge.
Halyna BabakGUEST
I would also like to add, you were also asking about how different poets and intellectuals approached different projects.
Halyna BabakGUEST
So in here probably could be mentioned three key figures, as Yuliya already did.
Halyna BabakGUEST
The first one is Mikhailo Semenko, who is a kind of godfather of Ukrainian futurism.
Halyna BabakGUEST
What's interesting, in 1911-1913 He was a student of psychological department of Petersburg University.
Halyna BabakGUEST
And he was originally from a family which combined Ukrainian and Russian language.
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Cameron LallanaHOST
Could you talk about what those re-evaluations were and how they factored into new critical work about how to construct literature?