Eneyida

Im’ya vydatnoho pys′mennyka Ivana Petrovycha Kotlyarevs′koho (1769–1838) pov’yazuyut′ nasampered z yoho poemoyu «Eneyida» — osnovopolozhnoyu knyhoyu novoyi ukrayins′koyi literatury, yaka vzhe ponad dvisti rokiv zacharovuye chytachiv. Zapozychyvshy syuzhet antychnoyi poemy Verhiliya, pys′mennyk zhyvoyu narodnoyu movoyu, schedro prysmachenoyu humorom, stvoryv spravzhnyu entsyklopediyu zhyttya ukrayins′koho narodu. Istoriya Ukrayiny v chasi, scho plyve mors′kymy chvylyamy, — tak obrazno nazyvayut′ netlinnyy tvir Kotlyarevs′koho.