SPECIFIC CHARACTER OF THE BELARUSIAN NATIONAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS (ON M. HARETSKY’S LITERARY AND JORNALISTIC HERITAGE)

Abstract

In the article Belarusian national Renaissance as one of the topics which conditions M. Haretsky’s artistic exploration is considered. It is depicted in the author’s literary, scientific and journalistic heritage. The writer drew his readers’ attention to the ethnic Belarusians. They were the characters who treated their own belonging to the nation in different ways. M. Haretsky’s priority was the depiction of the interconnection between Belarusian intellectuals (who were rousing national consciousness) and common peasants (who hesitated in solving the following problem). The author created some ‘renegade’ images. They were the ambitious characters who had forgotten their ancestors. All in all their contrary points of view determine the specific features which characterize Belarusian national self-consciousness. The author indicated that except the traditional necessity of self-reflectivity, interest in ‘the mysterious’, delicacy and thirst for knowledge, M. Haretsky pointed out the ability of timeserving and humiliation of personal and national dignity.