What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to analyze contemporary Ukrainian literature's portrayal of the war in Eastern Ukraine.

March 26, 2026

Russia’s War in Ukraine’s East in Contemporary Ukrainian Literature - Serhiy Zhadan. A Harvest Truce: A Play. Trans. Nina Murray. Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature, vol. 9. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2023. 187 pp. 29. 95, hard bound. 19. 95, paper. - Olena Stiazhkina. Cecil The Lion Had to Die: A Novel. Trans. Dominique Hoffman. Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature, vol. 11. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2024. 237 pp. 39. 95, hard bound. 19. 95, paper. - Olena Stiazhkina. Ukraine, War, Love: A Donetsk Diary. Trans. Anne O. Fisher. Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature, vol. 7. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2024. xix, 267 pp. Notes. Figures. 39. 95, hard bound. 19. 95, paper.

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The aim is to analyze contemporary Ukrainian literature's portrayal of the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Analysis of literary texts by Serhiy Zhadan and Olena Stiazhkina.
Examination of themes and narrative structures in the context of war.
Comparison of different genres including plays and novels.
Findings illustrate the complex emotional landscape of war experiences.
Literature serves as a significant form of cultural resistance and expression.
Themes of love, loss, and resilience emerge prominently across the works.

Abstract

Russia’s War in Ukraine’s East in Contemporary Ukrainian Literature - Serhiy Zhadan. A Harvest Truce: A Play. Trans. Nina Murray. Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature, vol. 9. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2023. 187 pp. 19.95, paper. - Volume 84 Issue 4

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