First Autumn

An Essay on Drohobych

Danylo Ilnytskyi

konteksty@ispan.pl
Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-1304

Abstract

This essay belongs to the genre of private urban planning. The first fragments are stories about failing to meet the town during assorted times of the year – spring, summer, and autumn. Finally, there appeared the first autumn – the space-time of a more profound entry into the town and greater familiarity, a mutual acceptance of the town and the author of this text. The first Drohobych autumn became a point of departure for further acquaintance and immersion in the town – in historical, cultural, and anthropological perspectives. Despite its integrity Drohobych is a collage, a town of accumulating historical periods, architectonic styles, as well as national and ideological narrations. The moods and visions of private urban planning, proposed by the author, are one of the possible opinions about the town, which became a significant topos worthy of subjective reception and syncretic narration. First Autumn is a myth about the town, a private and topological myth, a myth of a modest subject, a myth that ultimately disperses, but remains remembered. This is a story about a condensed, emotional encounter with the town, additionally reinforced with the aroma of a warm autumn, a town that changed into an oneiros and remains remembered as such. An essay about self-willed moving about the town and touching it, a story that ends with yet another reflection about the essence of Drohobych.


Keywords:

Drohobych, anthropology

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Published
2024-12-23

Cited by

Ilnytskyi, D. (2024) “First Autumn: An Essay on Drohobych ”, Konteksty, 346(3), pp. 263–374. doi: 10.36744/k.3565.

Authors

Danylo Ilnytskyi 
konteksty@ispan.pl
Ukrainian Catholic University Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-1304

Danyło Ilnyckyj – literaturoznawca, eseista, muzyk, doktor nauk humanistycznych, docent Katedry Filologii Ukraińskiego Uniwersytetu Katolickiego we Lwowie. Opracował trzy wydania prac Bohdana Ihora Antonycza: Try persteni (2008), Powne zibrannia tworiw (2009), Wybrani twory (2012). Współredaktor i współautor wydania Muza i czyn Ostapa Łućkoho (2016), autor alfabetu-encyklopedii Antonycz wid A do Ja (2017), współautor publikacji: Jan Andruszewski, Z ziemi łez i piękna (2023). Zajmuje się badaniami literacko-teoretycznych i artystyczno-intelektualnych dyskursów Lwowa i Galicji lat 20. i 30. XX wieku w perspektywie międzykulturowej; interesuje się problemem psychologii twórczości, dyskursem ukraińskiego modernizmu, literaturą Lwowa, konceptem tekstu lokalnego oraz ukraińskim rockiem literackim. Członek zespołu muzycznego Try kroky w nicz.



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