The novel Zhanna the Battalionnaire reveals the theme of the First World War and the participation of Ukrainians in it, which is not covered too much in Ukrainian literature.
It reflects the historical situation: in 1917, the russian government decided to use women at the front, forming the so-called female "death battalions". The hero of the Shkurupii novel is a Kyiv student Stefan Boiko, who does not succumb to propagandistic imperial hysteria, and his beloved Zhanna is an ideal target for propaganda.
The novel is full of anti-colonial themes and dreams of the historical rise of Ukraine, and premonitions that the emergence of the Ukrainian People's Republic is approaching.
About the series "Non-canon canon"
Thinking about the canon of Ukrainian literature, only a few names from the school curriculum come to mind: Shevchenko, Franko, and Nechuy-Levytskyi. However, in reality, this list is much more extensive and more diverse.
Before you are the series "Non-canon canon", with the help of which we want to talk about all those we did not know, whose texts we read without understanding the context of the reality of the time. Before you are a series designed to rediscover familiar strangers. You will find a range of Ukrainian authors and their works - from Pidmohylny and Barhyany to Khvylovy and Johansen, from an elegant intellectual novel to a dynamic adventure, from an elegant intellectual novel to a dynamic adventure, from innovative urban prose to psychological texts.
Keys accompany each text for reading from Ukrainian literary experts. They will tell you what to pay attention to and help you look at the texts of Ukrainian classics in a new way.
