Specifics modeling pictures of childhood I. Zhylenko, P. Tychyna, N. Surovtseva, V. Symonenko and V. Stus in a biographical novel in the short stories «Rainbow in the Sieve» by M. Pavlenko

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to trace the ways of constructing paintings of the childhood of Ukrainian writers of the ХХ century (Dmytro Pavlychko, Nadiya Surovtseva, Vasyl Symonenko, Vasyl Stus, Iryna Zhylenko) on the material of a biographical novel in the short stories «Rainbow in the Sieve» by Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, scientist, teacher Maryna Pavlenko. The relevance of the study is determined by the search for new perspectives on the coverage of childhood in the biographical literature. Particular attention is paid to the features of the author’s expression in the text. An attempt is made to analyze the informative value of story headings. The factors of influence on personality formation and ways of their reproduction in the novel are analyzed. Generalizations are made to delineate national and cultural identification of characters. The textual expression of the ideological and artistic dominants of the poetic and artistic world of the main characters of the stories is traced. Literary techniques of character characteristics (elements of portraiture, character creation) are revealed. The comparative-historical, typological, structural-functional, biographical methods are applied.