09-24-2014, 05:37 PM
Thanks A1 and anagony,
I just ran a quick search on this Captain Sava Chaly. (The wikipedia article that A1 referenced states that Taras Bulba was based on this historical person.)
A Ukranian Encyclopedia came up in the search returns but the page wouldn't open. Found the following regarding a tragedy play about Sava Chaly:
"Meanwhile, the tragedy Sava Chaly, which marks the peak of his creativity, remains little known, even though as soon as it was staged by the “Society of Little Russian Actors led by P. K. Saksahansky and M. K. Sadovsky” (Kyiv, Jan. 21, 1900), Sava Chaly won public and critical acclaim.
This tragedy topped the repertoires of many Ukrainian drama troupes. Ivan Franko, the brilliant and demanding author and critic, who never paid empty compliments, wrote that Sava Chaly deserved being placed “at the summit of our literature.” This is how Franko understood the plot: 'Sava Chaly is a tragedy set in the 18th century, rooted in the periods of decay and vacillation of Ukrainian national feeling; it is the tragedy of a turncoat who decides to serve the enemy for his own benefit and, as a result of the natural reaction from the healthy remnants of national life, dies precisely when his treacherous plans are close to being implemented.'"
I just ran a quick search on this Captain Sava Chaly. (The wikipedia article that A1 referenced states that Taras Bulba was based on this historical person.)
A Ukranian Encyclopedia came up in the search returns but the page wouldn't open. Found the following regarding a tragedy play about Sava Chaly:
"Meanwhile, the tragedy Sava Chaly, which marks the peak of his creativity, remains little known, even though as soon as it was staged by the “Society of Little Russian Actors led by P. K. Saksahansky and M. K. Sadovsky” (Kyiv, Jan. 21, 1900), Sava Chaly won public and critical acclaim.
This tragedy topped the repertoires of many Ukrainian drama troupes. Ivan Franko, the brilliant and demanding author and critic, who never paid empty compliments, wrote that Sava Chaly deserved being placed “at the summit of our literature.” This is how Franko understood the plot: 'Sava Chaly is a tragedy set in the 18th century, rooted in the periods of decay and vacillation of Ukrainian national feeling; it is the tragedy of a turncoat who decides to serve the enemy for his own benefit and, as a result of the natural reaction from the healthy remnants of national life, dies precisely when his treacherous plans are close to being implemented.'"
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi