OSTROZ POETICS IN THE EARLY WORK OF MELETIYA SMOTRYTSKY

Abstract

The article deals with the early literary work of Meletii Smotrytsky The common features of literary work of Meletii Smotrytsky with the legacy of representatives of Ostrog literary circles of the last quarter of the 16th cenrury and the first half of the 17th century were discovered. A heraldic poem in the Polish language from the first writer’s polemical treatise «Antygrafs» was analyzed. The poem was published in the printing house in Vilnius in 1608, when Prince Vasyl- Kostiantyn of Ostroh died. The treatise was dedicated to Janusz Ostroh. Thus the author expressed his respect for the dead as the patron of the Orthodox faith and got support of the noble family. The usage of the emblem in the poem is similar to the interpretation of emblem characters of Ostrog family in the poetry of Gerasimos Smotrytsky and Damian Nalivayko.The revieled similarity gives reason to argue about Meletiy Smotrytsky as a member of Ostrog literary circle of that time.