Early Ukrainian Modernism in the Contexts of Comparative Literature

Abstract

Methodological Perspectives. This article deals the problem
of the early Ukrainian modern as very important epoch of Ukrainian and world
literature. The solution to this problem is conducted in comparable contexts of European
fin de siѐcle. The main idea this work is writers’ roles and functions in literary process.
In comparative contexts the literary canon as aesthetic phenomenon of a culture are
analyzed. The historical, political, social, philosophical, psychological features or the
epoch are observed. The separately problem this article is writers’ and critic’s gender positions. The literary phenomena are analyzed in ontological fields of epoch. It is
important to identify areas in which it is appropriate to compare the Ukrainian modern
tradition with the world. In the context of comparative studies, a method of scientific
research of literary phenomena, processes, figures and works is proposed.
In the article the focuses the scientific problem’s of the epoch end XIX –
beginning XX centyry in Ukrainian literature. The resourses of frontal approach for
study difficult material such as movement cultural epoch with its main factors are
analised. The main factors is: time borders of period, struggle / cooperation of literary
generations, art directions and stules, all diverse creative individual and original
individual style in its sense and influence by each writer. Must to analyse the social and
cultural, political, religious, scientific, private and everyday constituent of the epoch. The
main object of the research (in its historical and philological, philosophical, culture
directions) must be creative by writers its need for to ceep integrity of the research.
The educational and methodological perspective is pervasive in the article. The
focus is on the possibilities of classroom work with students in such difficult to analyze
dimensions as interethnic interactions of literary epochs, literary generations, stylistic
trends, etc