The concept of “barbarian” in travelogue

Розінкевич, Наталія Василівна and Брацкі, Артур Себастіан (2025) The concept of “barbarian” in travelogue Bibliotekarz Podlaski, 69 (4). pp. 393-403. ISSN 1640-7806, 2544-8900

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Abstract

Armed conflicts, civil wars, rebellions, confrontations, foreign policy competitions, various forms of violence and aggression all have root causes. The topicality of the subject is in finding out what, in the author’s opinion, creates a biased and intolerant attitude among representatives of different culturestowards each other through the analysis of the travelogue of modern Ukrainian writer-traveler Andrii Liubka In search of barbarians. A journey to the lands where the Balkans begin and do not end. The author sees those reasons in negative stereotypes and myths, which are authentic mental realities, therefore they prevent a clear understanding and feeling of any country and its inhabitants. The stereotypes were often created due to the establishment of borders and taking representatives of other cultures as barbarians. Borders, frontiers, barbarians are conventions, mirages, mirror concepts that incite discrimination and envy, they become the basis for selfish, inhumane interests and manipulations in politics. The subject of the study in the article is the consideration of modifications to the concepts of barbarian and border, which are directly related to each other. The purpose of the article is to analyze the issues raised in the travelogue that are quite topical nowadays, as well as to discover the reasons for the creation of stereotypes and myths that Andrii Liubka discusses and proves to be false.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	barbarian; barbarism; border; frontier; travelogue; Balkans
Subjects:	Статті у базах даних > Erih Plus Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus
Divisions:	Інститут післядипломної освіти > Кафедра мовно-літературної освіти
Depositing User:	Наталія Василівна Розінкевич
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2025 09:36
Last Modified:	22 Dec 2025 09:54
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/54297

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