IN SEARCH OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S POETRY

Abstract

Article updates the works of O. Hrushevskyi and V. Shchepotiev, who replenished the tragic martyrologist of the national culture in the days of Stalin's genocide, as well as M. Markovskyi, who was forced to cease scientific activity. They laid the scientific foundations of Shevchenko studies together with I. Franko, M. Sumtsov, M. Zerov, P. Fylyppovych, M. Dray-Khmara, V. Miyakovskyi, B. Navrotskyi. The purpose of the article is to spread information about the contribution of O. Hrushevskyi, M. Markovskyi and V. Shchepotiev to the development of scientific approaches to the study of the poet's creativity, to update their texts, to correlate them with the problems of the development of Shevchenko's science in the first third of the 20th century. Shevchenko studies are considered in the context of developing by critics’ objective approaches to the study of the artist's heritage. Shevchenko's Intelligence of O. Hrushevskyi, M. Markovskyi and V. Shchepotiev in the early 20th сentury – interesting and relevant in the sense that they testified to the critics' attempts to interpret Shevchenko's achievements of a particular period from the perspective of the psychology of creativity, to consider in the context of the controversy about the historical-literary and folklore sources of his poetry. In their search for scientific research, scientists discussed the known facts, attracted unfamiliar materials, developed problems that were ripe for that period, thus supporting the development of Shevchenko studies in the first third of the 20th century, diversifying its directions. The results of this study can be used in the preparation of an objective monograph on the latest trends, problems, and prospects for the development of Shevchenko studies in the early 20th century.