SATIRE BY KOSTIA GORDIENKO IN HIS EARLY WORKS: THE STORY “MACHINE-GUN” AND THE NOVEL “SLAVHOROD”

Abstract

The article deals with the creative legacy of K. Gordienko at his early writing period. The attention
is focused on the satirical works of the writer (the story “Machine-gun” and the novel “Slavhorod”).
Satirical and humorous creativity of K. Gordienko is perceived as the writer`s aspiration to follow the
mainstream of the general literary development.
In the story “Machine-gun”, the writer tried to show the consequences of revolutionary changes in
Ukrainian provinces. The research article emphasizes, that these were the majority of the Ukrainian
regional centers and other residential places.
K. Gordienko aspired to create the portrait not of a person, but of the city of Slavgorod in the novel
“Slavhorod”. The story “Machine-gun” and the novel “Slavhorod” by K. Gordienko are considered
a brilliant satirist debut in the scientific paper.