NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE KYIV BYLYNY CYCLE — EAST SLAVIC EPIC NARRATIVES

Petro Sarkanych, Nazar Fedorak, Yurij Holovatch, Pã Draig Maccarron, Joseph Yose and Ralph Kenna
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Petro Sarkanych: Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv 79011, Ukraine2𠕃4 Collaboration & Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Leipzig–Lorraine–Lviv–Coventry, Europe
Nazar Fedorak: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv 79000, Ukraine4Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv 79011, Ukraine
Yurij Holovatch: Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv 79011, Ukraine2𠕃4 Collaboration & Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Leipzig–Lorraine–Lviv–Coventry, Europe5Center for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK6Complexity Science Hub Vienna, 1080 Vienna, Austria
Pã Draig Maccarron: MACSI, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
Joseph Yose: 𠕃4 Collaboration & Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Leipzig–Lorraine–Lviv–Coventry, Europe5Center for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Ralph Kenna: 𠕃4 Collaboration & Doctoral College for the Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Leipzig–Lorraine–Lviv–Coventry, Europe5Center for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2022, vol. 25, issue 05n06, 1-25

Abstract: In recent times, the advent of network science permitted new quantitative approaches to literary studies. Here, we bring the Kyiv bylyny cycle into the field — East Slavic epic narratives originating in modern-day Ukraine. By comparing them to other prominent European epics, we identify universal and distinguishing properties of the social networks in bylyny. We analyze community structures and rank most important characters. The method allows to bolster hypotheses from humanities literature — such as the position of Prince Volodymyr — and to generate new ones. We show how the Kyiv cycle of bylyny fits very well with narrative networks from other nations — especially heroic ones. We anticipate that, besides delivering new narratological insights, this study will aid future scholars and interested public to navigate their way through Ukraine’s epic story and identify its heroes.

Keywords: Digital humanities; comparative mythology; bylyny; Ukraine; Kyiv cycle; Volodymyr; complex networks; social networks; comparative literature; heroes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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