Natalka-Poltavka. Moskal′ charivnyk SHB-mini)

Ivan Petrovych Kotlyarevs′kyy (1769—1838) – vydatnyyukrayins′kyy pys′mennyk, poet, dramaturh, im’ya yakohopov’yazuyut′, nasampered, z yoho poemoyu «Eneyida», pershoyudrukovanoyu ukrayins′koyu knyhoyu, vydanoyu narodnoyu movoyu. Vin «zdobuv try vintsi: na poli bytvy, yak dobryy voyin; na shlyachu myrnoho hromadyans′koho zhyttya, yak dbaylyvyy vychovatel′bahat′och hidnych syniv vitchyzny; na nyvi literatury, yak polum’yanyy lyubytel′ movy ridnoyi yomu, yim stvorenoyi...» — hovoryv pro Ivana Kotlyarevs′koho yoho pershyy biohraf S. Steblin-Kamins′kyy. Spravdi narodnymy staly p’yesy Kotlyarevs′koho «Natalka Poltavka» ta «Moskal′-charivnyk», yaki vidznachayut′syapravdyvym vidtvorennyam zhyttya i pobutu prostych lyudey, chudovym znannyam krayu. U tsych tvorach obrazy heroyiv ye dushevnymy y blyz′kymy kozhnomu ukrayintsevi, zvuchyt′ spivuchaukrayins′ka mova – nasychena y mylozvuchna, a proza zlyvayet′sya z narodnymy ta obryadovymy pisnyamy.