Die rechtlich-religiöse Ideenwelt in Lesja Ukraïnkas dramatischer Dichtung Rechtsanwalt Martian (1911)

Dagovych Tetyana

Abstract

This article explains the juridical-religious conception behind Lesia Ukrainka’s dramatic poemMartian, the Lawyer(1911), which depicts the life of early Christians under Roman law in the third century. For the protagonist Marti- an, who is a lawyer and Christian, early Christianity and the Roman law fuse into one ideology, which implies the juridical elements codified in early Christianity, as well as a belief in law as the incarnation of the idea of truth and justice. There- fore, there are no conflicts between law and religion, but human feeling and com- passion disappear within this ideology–with tragic consequences.