The image of Zofiówka’s garden in the piece by Theodore Themery Guide de Sophiowka surnomme la merveille de l’Ukraine Jardin de la couronne situe pres d’Human, dans les colonika militaires

Abstract

Zofiówka Garden, built by Polish Count Szczesny Potocki, has gained world fame. This is confirmed by literary and journalistic works about this garden, written by writers and researchers from different countries. The article analyzes Theodore Themery’s Guide de Sophiowka surnomme la merveille de l’Ukraine Jardin de la couronne situe pres d’Human, dans les colonika militaires, identifies its features, attemptes to separate the historical facts described in the work from the artistic fiction. The author, interesting facts about the establishment of the Zofiówka garden, not described in other sources, were examined. One of the interesting examples of works about Zofiówka was a kind of poetic guide to the garden, written the director for 22 years of the guesthouse for noble maids in Human Theodore Themery. The article analyzes the detailed and artistically described corners of the garden in Guide … Theodore Themery’s, but it should be noted that when creating his work, Themery often used not only historical facts, but also legends and myths. Therefore, Themery’s works are designated as literary-historical, and all the events described in the work in the article are subject to thorough analysis in order to determine whether they are fiction or historical fact. The article is an original author’s attempt to research Guide ... Theodore Themery and the roles of this work on the formation of Zofiówka’s literary image. Keywords: Guide de Sophiowka, Humań, Ukraine, garden, legend, shape, Zofiówka, Metzel, Potocki.