Białoruska przestrzeń literacka i kulturowa w naukowej refleksji Ryszarda Łużnego

This article is devoted to the scientific interests of Professor Ryszard Łużny, which covered such domains as Russian folklore, Old Russian literature and culture, 17th and 18th-century Russian literature, 19th-century Russian literature and religious-philosophical thought, contemporary Russian literature, history of the Russian and Ukrainian-related domains within Slavic Studies as well as Belarusan literature and culture. As proved by the author, Łużny was particularly attracted by these Ukrainian texts which dealt with religious or philosophical problems, and which were literary representations of the Belarusan spirituality. In Ryszard Łużny's view, Belarusan culture is an integral part of the East-Slavic cultural heritage, autonomous and authentic in its value.