ARTISTIC DYNAMICS OF CHOICE IN TRAGEDY BY ELYSEY KARPENKO “IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS”

Abstract

The article investigates the genre features of the work of Elysey Karpenko “In the Valley of Tears” in relation to the problem of the play. In particular, artistic methods and means of expressing and understanding the moral and ethical problems of tragedy can be traced; the level of dramatic action intensity and dramatic
conflict, which causes the playwright’s appeal to the genre of tragedy. The research is aimed at studying the interaction of the characters, which leads to the definition, formation and deployment of the conflict in literary work, which is implemented in the personal and social plane. The article looks at the worldviews
of characters that lead to a tragic conflict resolution.
The drama of Yelysei Karpenko represents an important segment of Ukrainian drama. The author pays attention to the artistic study of the problems of personal, social self-determination, focusing on the moral aspect. Modernist thinking of Elysey Karpenko contributes to the visualization of dramatic tension in plays.
The maximum intensity of the dramatic action is presented in the tragedy “In the Valley of Tears”, which is devoted to the artistic comprehension of the key problems for the playwright. The purpose of the study is to determine the content structure of the tragedy of Yelisey Karpenko “In the valley of tears”. The research is aimed at determining the genre features of the work of Elysey Karpenko “In the valley
of tears”; elucidation of artistic principles that determine the author’s appeal to the genre of tragedy; definition of the artistic originality the process of the characters’ choice, due to personal intentions, moral values and social circumstances. Conflict of the play «In the valley of tears» is based on the opposition of illusions and real life. An important role in the dramatic conflict is played by the social component, which leads to the deformation of the psychology of the characters. The playwriter points out the ambiguity of the problem, since the characters do not use their education for any constructive purposes; they just seek the attributes of the mortal life.