Павал Ёзаф Шафарык як беларусіст (На матэрыяле «Гісторыі славянскай мовы і літаратуры ва ўсіх дыялектах» 1826 г.)

Запрудскі, Сяргей (2012) Павал Ёзаф Шафарык як беларусіст (На матэрыяле «Гісторыі славянскай мовы і літаратуры ва ўсіх дыялектах» 1826 г.). Studia Slavica, 57 (1). pp. 143-159. ISSN 0039-3363

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Abstract

This paper deals with “Belarusian” passages of Pavel Josef Šafarik’s book The History of the Slavic Language and Literature by All Vernaculars (Buda, 1826) and tries to include them in the context of Belarusian studies in the first third of the 19th century. The set of used and unused sources is assessed, the ways of adoption of information about Belarusian are discussed (Šafarik explicitly refers to the works of Adelung, Bandtkie, Rakowiecki, Grech, Kalaidovich). It is ironic that Šafarik cites Kalaidovich’s article, in which the term “Belarusian language” was used for the first time as a title of a publication in Ukrainian bibliography. It is stated that Šafarik owes Rakowiecki, Kalaidovich and Grech his statements about the history of the Belarusian language. However, when defining the area of Belarusian, he first of all relied on the broad understanding of “Belarus” by geographer Georg Hassel, outlined in his Weimar book Vollständige und neueste Erdbeschreibung des Russischen Reichs in Europa nebst Polen (1821). On the basis of works written by Rakowiecki, Kalaidovich, Grech and Hassel, Šafarik defines a wide area of Belarusian (Litva, White Rus’, Black Rus’, Volhynia and Podolia). It is likely that Šafarik estimated the size of the population on the territory of Belarus according to Hassel’s work as well.

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