Axiological aspects of work on the land in Olga Kobylańska’s Ziemlya [Land] and in Jakub Kolas’s Nowa ziemlya [New Land]

Abstract

The article is devoted to the idea of own work from the perspective of peasant’s spiritual values. Its reasons, importance and place in life of a farmer are defined. Labor appears to be one of the most important factors in creating and developing a proper peasant personality and is a cognitive method to explore the world, by him- or herself, as well as a way of self-affirmation and self-education. Therefore the reasons for peasant work are described in conjunction with folk morality, and national political and biblical principles of world perception.