Samizdat magazine “Porogy”: typological peculiarities, problems, genres

Abstract

In order to determine the current trends of the samvydav the genre-thematic analysis of the magazinel "Porogy" is implied. Typological peculiarities, problems, genres are under consideration during the process of analysis.Ukrainian illegal press which had no clear periodicity and no defined mechanism of distribution, reported of human rights violation on the territory of the Soviet Union, creation of national liberation movement and civil rights protection movement as well as, among other issues, told about repressions of creative and academic intelligentsia. It is worth mentioning among self-published press the magazine named “Porogy”, which had definite circulation and was distributed sporadically in 1988–1990.The historical experience of 1985–1991 in times of “pluralism of thoughts” proves the effectiveness of a greater number of media and channels of alternative sources. Dissidents, as interpreters of reality, in particular, the authors of the magazine “Pogory”, changed the attitude of citizens of the Ukraine towards the official authorities, the Soviet ideology and history, gradually reframing it.At the regional level, magazine “Pogory” raised acute problems, popularized national culture and history, and therefore its content became public. The authors and editorial board of the magazine offered ways to solve socio-cultural and political problems of the country. Preservation of cultural, historical, ethnographic heritage, popularization of the Ukrainian language, coverage of the problem of interconfessional relations were topical and socially significant themes. In the paper the journalistic genres of the magazine “Poorogy” are reviewed and analyzed. The authors of the alternative channel of communication changed their meanings, published silent and forbidden information, offered the audience alternative content.The results of the article can be used while teaching the course "Modern Writing on Current Affairs".