NATION AND TEXT’S IDENTITY: CREATING INTENSIVE IMAGES OF NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION USING MODERN UKRAINIAN LITERATURE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to highlighting and analyzing stages of formation of Ukrainian identity in 1985 to 2015, conducting a research on some specific features of Ukrainian history in the works of Ukrainian authors of the period. They have tried to identify the basic dominants of relations between the history as a narrative and the literature as a narrative in the literary process of 1985–2015. The author analyzes the definition of nation’s identity using the concepts of Y. Lotman, J. Ruzen, E. Topolskyi, A.D. Smith, P. Nor and others, defining the specific features of cultural codes and symbols, which create a basis for modern representation of the past among young Ukrainians. The article proves that there are two periods of formation of Ukrainian identity and new ways of comprehending the past in 1985–2015. The author createsthe definition of transit identity and defines its main features and ways of presentation in belles-lettres with the help of works of S. Zhadan, Y. Andrukovych, O. Zabuzhko, Y. Vynnychuk, O. Irvanec, V. Shkliar and others. It has been proven that Ukrainian literature in 1985–2015 is going through the changes in the subject and the problematics. There is some reconsideration happening in such genre forms as family saga, family chronicles, adventure and historical novels.