«Sanatorium Text» Transformations in the Literary Works of Lesya Ukrainka

Abstract

The article deals with the notion «sanatorium text» implementation in the context of Lesya Ukrainka’s literary works. A severe illness and the necessity of regular curing in the treatment facilities over a lifetime have influenced the  numerous texts biographical background with appropriate thematic area, comprising both epistolary genre (predominantly) and literary texts (in general). The article’s objective is to reconstruct the «sanatorium text» phenomenon in the Lesya Ukrainka’s epistolary and literary heritage. Author’s letters are displaying the formation of the illness discursive space, the reader can notice how some treatment process episodes have penetrated into the identity’s auto-narration. Theoretical framework of the given paper consists of «sanatorium text» concept (E. Gerlt) and «heterotopia» theory (M. Fuko). The research’s methodology is also supplemented by the elements of narratological and biographical methods.