%0 Journal Article %T Classical Authors in the Homiletics of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy §¡§ß§ä§Ú§é§ß §Ñ§Ó§ä§à§â§Ú §Ó §Ô§à§Þ §Ý§Ö§ä§Ú§è §¬§Ú §Ó§à-§®§à§Ô§Ú§Ý§ñ§ß§ã§î§Ü§à §¡§Ü§Ñ§Õ§Ö§Þ %A §£§Ñ§Ý§Ö§ß§ä§Ú§ß§Ñ §®§Ú§â§à§ß§à§Ó§Ñ %J Studi Slavistici %D 2013 %I Firenze University Press %X The Ukrainian Baroque style of the 17th century can unite ascetic appeals with hedonism, refinement with bullying, abstract symbolism with naturalism, dynamics, passion, histrionics, enchantment and illusionism (Ukrajins¡¯ka literatura XVII st., Kyiv 1987, pp. 8-9). The writers and preachers of this century use allegories, metaphors and similes, as well as ancient and Christian images in their works. The significance and the functions of homily as a social genre are greater than those of an ecclesiastical institute. According to its content, form and social functions, homily expresses a special aesthetic mission and becomes distinctly a baroque one (V.I. Krekoten¡¯, Opovidannja Antonija Radyvyl¡¯vs¡¯koho, Kyiv 1983, p. 7). During this century, prominent Ukrainian Church and cultural personalities connected with the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy joined the space of western educational communication. They understood the sense and key ideas of ancient texts and Augustus¡¯ Latin era remained a symbol of versatility and high standards. The most prominent Ukrainian preachers of the second half of the 17th century were the students of Kyiv-Mohyla College Ioannikii Haliatovs¡¯kyi and Antonii Radyvylovs¡¯kyi. The Ukrainian Baroque style of the 17th century can unite ascetic appeals with hedonism, refinement with bullying, abstract symbolism with naturalism, dynamics, passion, histrionics, enchantment and illusionism (Ukrajins¡¯ka literatura XVII st., Kyiv 1987, pp. 8-9). The writers and preachers of this century use allegories, metaphors and similes, as well as ancient and Christian images in their works. The significance and the functions of homily as a social genre are greater than those of an ecclesiastical institute. According to its content, form and social functions, homily expresses a special aesthetic mission and becomes distinctly a baroque one (V.I. Krekoten¡¯, Opovidannja Antonija Radyvyl¡¯vs¡¯koho, Kyiv 1983, p. 7). During this century, prominent Ukrainian Church and cultural personalities connected with the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy joined the space of western educational communication. They understood the sense and key ideas of ancient texts and Augustus¡¯ Latin era remained a symbol of versatility and high standards. The most prominent Ukrainian preachers of the second half of the 17th century were the students of Kyiv-Mohyla College Ioannikii Haliatovs¡¯kyi and Antonii Radyvylovs¡¯kyi. %U http://www.fupress.net/index.php/ss/article/view/12242