Ideologija ir poezija Juozo Macevičiaus kūryboje

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Ideologija; Poezija; Poetai; Sovietinė literatūra; Pokaris; Kūryba.

ENThe poetry of long-lived author Juozas Macevičius (1928- 2011) is a good illustration of the post-war generation’s illusions and disillusionments. Having come to literature from a very poor background, Macevičius for a time sincerely believed Communist propaganda and expressed its claims in his poetry: the Party and its leaders took the place of a God with whom there could be no dialogue, who could never be doubted. The poet identified with the post-war generation of activists; in his work he defended their activities (even their “ritualistic vice” of drinking) to the end, even though by the sixties he himself began to grasp the discrepancy the goals his friends were defending. He doubted not the Marxist- Leninist idea itself, but its failure in implementation. Following the restoration of Lithuania’s independence, Macevičius admitted to still holding leftist views, though by that time he had distanced himself from all social activism and was very involved with translation (particularly of children’s literature). His last collection of poetry, Atsisveikinimas (The Farewell, 2006) reveals the drama of a man who has lost faith in his life's ideals and expierences the existential void. [From the publication]