{"title":"Nonselection and Constellation: the Principles of Acentricism in Prose by Dubravka Ugrešić, Olga Tokarchuk, and Oksana Zabuzhko (in the novels «Museum of Unconditional Surrender» by Dubravka Ugrešić, «Flights» by Olga Tokarchuk, and «Museum of Abandoned Secrets» by Oksana Zabuzhko","authors":"Kateryna Butska","doi":"10.28925/2412-2475.2023.21.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28925/2412-2475.2023.21.3","url":null,"abstract":"The subject of the article is the artistic embodiment of the postmodern principles of constellation (Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno) and nonselection (Douwe Fokkema) in the works of prose by Slavic writers. The novels by Croatian, Polish, and Ukrainian authors — Dubravka Ugrešić’s “Museum of Unconditional Surrender”, Olga Tokarchuk’s “Flights”, and Oksana Zabuzhko’s “Museum of Abandoned Secrets” — are analyzed within comparative approach. The novelty of the study is determined by the fact that it is the first attempt to compare samples of Ukrainian, Polish, and Croatian literature in the light of the embodiment of postmodern principles of constellation and nonselection in them. The study revealed a number of formal features inherent in all three novels selected for the analysis, i.e. fragmented composition, narrative heterogeneity, multiple plotlines, and intertwining of chronotopes. At the level of content, acentric tendencies define the common for all three works emphasis on the search for meaning-making connections between random elements, attention to trifles and details as elements of the constellation structure. The motif of crossing and disappearing borders, which is realized in a specific way in the novels by Olga Tokarchuk and Dubravka Ugrešić, is eloquently acentric. The motif of crossing and disappearing borders, which is expressed in particular ways in the novels by Olga Tokarchuk and Dubravka Ugrešić, is eloquently centric. All of the works selected for analysis are distinguished by their thematic inclusiveness, which manifests itself in the actualization of the marginal, imperfect, and irrelevant: rubbish, garbage, trifles, “mistakes and dead ends of creation,” “things no one needs.” A striking manifestation of nonselection is the philosophical interpretation of rubbish presented in a postmodernist tone in the novels “Museum of Abandoned Secrets” by Oksana Zabuzhko and “Museum of Unconditional Surrender” by Dubravka Ugrešić. While Oksana Zabuzhko perceives rubbish as a trace of a person’s private life, Dubravka Ugrešić sees it as a symbol of a bygone era and a vanished country, Yugoslavia. Highlighting specific features in the realization of the universal principles of postmodernism in the works of related literatures emphasizes the peculiarity and historical background of each of them. The evidence of common philosophical tendencies and similar motifs in the analysed novels gives grounds to speak of the existence of structural and typological ties between Ukrainian, Polish and Croatian literature.","PeriodicalId":120787,"journal":{"name":"LITERARY PROCESS: methodology, names, trends","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130757066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COORDINATES OF KYIV TOPOS IN THE NOVEL “TWINS” BY TARAS SHEVCHENKO: FEATURES OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF BEING","authors":"D. Boklakh","doi":"10.28925/2412-2475.2019.148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28925/2412-2475.2019.148","url":null,"abstract":"У статті досліджено просторовий континуум топосу Києва повісті «Близнецы» Т. Шевченка крізь локуси міської дійсності. Домінантним розкриттям специфіки топосу стає ретроспективна динаміка відтворення атрибутики міста. Розглянуто цивілізаційні й природні локуси у проекції місць урбаністичного простору буття героїв. Визначено, що архітектура, вулиці, атрибути міського світу, місця природи суттєво впливають на свідоме та позасвідоме начала людини в зображенні топосу Києва. Урбаністичний простір буття героїв спроектовано в ракурсах дії, пам’яті, інтуїтивного пізнання реалій міста. Просторовий континуум топосу розглянуто крізь антропологічний модус. Через психологічні, соціоісторичні, культурологічні регістри сприйняття героями міської географії схарактеризовано їхній внутрішній світ. Досліджено аксіологічний простір предметного світу міста. З’ясовано проблематику, наративну специфіку відтворення топосу Києва.","PeriodicalId":120787,"journal":{"name":"LITERARY PROCESS: methodology, names, trends","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131021295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THREE MEN'S NOVELS ABOUT THE REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY: POETICS AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE MAIDAN","authors":"R. Kozlov","doi":"10.28925/2412-2475.2021.17.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28925/2412-2475.2021.17.5","url":null,"abstract":"The article examines three novels about the Revolution of Dignity, written by men and published in 2015: “Fiery Winter” by Andriy Kokotyukha, “Maidan Semester” by Kyryl Halushko, “2014” by Vladyslav Ivchenko. Among other works on this subject, they are already partially characterized by critics and scholars. This article focuses on the mythologized geo-image of the Maidan, which is a source of metaphorical meanings and ultimately reveals itself in the archetypes of Chaos / Harmony / Order and Own / Stranger. This study is one of the stages in the study of the strategy of forming collective memory in Ukrainian novels about Euromaidan and was partially tested in the form of a report at the conference. The key results were achieved through a combination of the concept of artistic understanding of the myth by Northrop Fry and aspects of artistic myth-making by Elena Bondareva, which made it possible to identify the main areas of study of the key for all three plots geo-image. The place of the Maidan topos in the structure of the plots is traced, in particular its first appearance. It is concluded that the authors rely on the positive mythology present in the mind of the reader, developing its semantics in accordance with the attitude of the characters to the events of the Revolution of Dignity. The potential of binary oppositions is traced in this. It is established that a larger number and variety of characters allow the author to develop the metaphorical semantics of the Maidan mythology (V. Ivchenko), while the limited system of characters (A. Kokotyukha) preserves the semantic potential of the Maidan topos, reduces it to retransmission of already formed families. K. Halushko takes a different approach, allowing his character to change his views as a result of participating in revolutionary events. Further analysis showed that the undeveloped metaphorization of the Maidan topos does not allow A. Kokotyukha to engage in appropriate archetypes to deepen the semantics of the work as a whole. Instead, the other two authors, despite their different ways of constructing the plot, succeeded. As a result, an assumption was made about the further artistic understanding of the theme of the Revolution of Dignity and the potential of the relevant artistic strategies. The proposed approach requires further testing on a larger array of works.","PeriodicalId":120787,"journal":{"name":"LITERARY PROCESS: methodology, names, trends","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121674045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"READER IN UNDISCENCE: PROCESS OF RECENT CREATIVITY\u0000IN THE CONTEXT OF THEORY OF POSSIBLE WORLD","authors":"T. Grebenyuk","doi":"10.28925/2412-2475.2019.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28925/2412-2475.2019.134","url":null,"abstract":"The article highlights a schоlarly discоursе оn thе prоblеm оf rеcеptivе indеtеrminacy in thе prоcеss\u0000оf crеatiоn and rеcеptiоn оf a litеrary wоrk. The main fоcus оf attеntiоn is development\u0000оf thе cоntеmpоrary viеw on rеadеr’s hеsitatiоns in thе prоcеss оf an artistic wоrk rеcеptiоn. This viеw\u0000is еstimatеd as crеativе dеvеlоpmеnt оf thеоriеs by R. Ingardеn and V. Izеr. Rеcеptivе indеtеrminacy\u0000is analysеd in thе cоntеxt оf pоssiblе-wоrld thеоry, dеvеlоpеd and adjustеd tо thе litеrary studiеs\u0000nееds by Lubоmir Dоlеzеl, Umbеrtо Еcо, David Hеrman, Manfrеd Jahn, Mariе-Laurе Ryan and оthеrs.\u0000David Hеrman оffеrs a tеrm “hypоthеtical fоcalizatiоn” mеaning thе articulatiоn оf pоssiblе mоdеs\u0000оf pеrcеptiоn, narrativе hеsitatiоns, and indеtеrminacy abоut thе wоrld as a whоlе. Thе schоlar\u0000idеntifiеs twо typеs оf hypоthеtical fоcalizatiоn: 1) dirеct, implicitly indicating a hypоthеtical witnеss\u0000оr spеctatоr; and 2) indirеct, dеmanding frоm an intеrprеtеr his/hеr оwn cоnclusiоns abоut fоcalizatоr\u0000activity оf a hiddеn spеctatоr. It is pоssiblе duе tо indеtеrminacy markеrs (“it lооkеd likе…”) оr duе\u0000tо cоnditiоnal vеrbs. But bоrdеrs bеtwееn Hеrman’s dirеct and indirеct fоcalizatiоns arе vеry unclеar.\u0000Jеnеtta Vardzеlashvily in hеr cоncеptiоn оf lingvо-cоgnitivе analysis оf a litеrary tеxt substantiatеs\u0000nоtiоn оf “nanо-sеnsеs” — small еlеmеnts оf sеnsеs chargеd by high еnеrgеtic and stоrеd in оur\u0000uncоnsciоusnеss. During rеadеr’s pеrcеptiоn оf a tеxt thеsе еlеmеnts influеncе оur cоnsciоus prоcеssеs.","PeriodicalId":120787,"journal":{"name":"LITERARY PROCESS: methodology, names, trends","volume":"319 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134235686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}