THE IMAGE OF THE UKRAINIAN IN SLOVAKIAN LITERATURE: IMAGOLOGICAL ASPECT (ON THE MATERIAL OF BOGUSH NOSAK-NEZABUDOV'S ARTICLES “LETTERS FROM UNKNOWN LAND”)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of reception of the image of Ukraine and the Ukrainian in the Slovak literature. On the material of the publicistic work of Bogush Nosak-Nezabudov “Letters from an unknown land” the methods of creating a heteroimage of a Ukrainian in the Slovak travel literature of the 19th century were considered, the combination of prejudiced negative stereotypes and direct and unassociated impressions of a traveler, the result of which is the formation of a positive and attractive mental image.