이고리, 그는 영웅인가?

Abstract

It is not easy to say that Igor is a hero by looking only at The Lay of Igor`s Campaign. Regardless of whether the character is a hero or not, it can be said with certainty that the author of the text does not accept him as a hero. Separately, in the social context that accepted the work of The Lay of Igor`s Campaign, as a historical figure rather than the protagonist of a literary work, it seems that Igor could sometimes be evaluated as a hero. And, the evaluation of Igor as such a historical figure was rather refluxed into the work, and it was possible to induce the evaluation of Igor, the main character of the text. When composing the Slovo about Igor's polk, the author does not recognize Igor as the protagonist of his text. However, the artist's wish to ‘become a hero’ who can induce unity and unity within Kievan Rus` in the face of the increasing threat of invasion by foreign enemies seems to be indirectly projected during the expedition. In conclusion, it can be thought that Igor was set and presented as a character who had to be transformed into a hero while experiencing the twists and turns of his life, although he was not a hero of the people in the typical, historical and literary meanings as medieval traditional epic.