THE ARTISTIC MODELS OF MASCULINITY IN MODERN UKRAINIAN NOVEL
Journal Title: Наукові праці. Серія "Філологія. Літературознавство" - Year 2017, Vol 295, Issue 283
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of artistic representation of different masculine types in modern Ukrainian novels. The aim of the article is to determine the main constant images representing masculine gender identity in the native novels of the beginning of XXI century. The subject of investigation is artistic parameters and semantic connotations of masculine types in plot and ideological structure of modern novel. The aim of the work supposed the solving of several problems: definition of characters’ types representing historically conditioned hypostasises of masculinity; definition of rethinking of literary tradition and the effect of modern social and cultural processes on them; detection of the main vectors of ideological and aesthetic development of the modern novel represented by artistically modeled types of masculine characters. The realization of these tasks determined the use of such methods: descriptive, comparative and comparative-historical. The scientific novelty of the research is that it presents the study of modern Ukrainian novels from the position of artistic modeling of masculine types as the important index of worldview and aesthetic thinking of some cultural epoch. The theoretical value of the research is defined by the need to study modern Ukrainian great prose as holistic phenomenon with considering of peculiarities and transformations of imaginative and ideological levels of artistic text. The results of the research could be used in academic courses devoted to the modern Ukrainian literature and for the further study of novel’s theory and history. Ukrainian novel of the beginning of XXI century demonstrates active comprehension of the new dimensions of masculine identity formed as the result of complex social processes. At the same time the traditional models of masculinity (warrior, philosopher-hermit, craftsman) are reinterpreted. The contrast of «masculine» and «feminine» pictures of the world could be explained as the manifestation of crisis attitude caused by some uncertainty of gender borders in modern reality. The artistic models of masculinity not only represent reaction for some social phenomenon, but also display the social expectations, correlate with prospective function of literature.
Authors and Affiliations
O. M. Bashkyrova
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP406051
- DOI -
- Views 80
- Downloads 0
UKRAINIAN FACTOR OF THE IDENTITY IN JACQUES HNIZDOVSKY’S EMIGRATION CREATIVE WORKS
The article dedicated to Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915–1985), a Ukrainian painter and graphic artist. The main objective of the article is to interpret the visual images of Hnizdovsky within the concepts of identity, pivotal...
INTERCULTURAL AND DIDACTIC ASPECTS IN THE ADVENTURE NOVELS OF ISABEL ALLENDE
The objective of the paper is to study the intercultural and didactic components of Isabel Allende‟s adventure novels for young readers Zorro. The birth of the Legend, The city of Beasts, The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon...
THE DRAMATIC POEM OF LEONID MOSENDZ THE ETERNAL SHIP: SYMBOLS IN EXISTENTIAL DIMENSION
The dramatic poem The Eternal Ship of the emigrant writer L. Mosendz reflects the existential search for the person who was struck by the experience of the catastrophic vicissitudes of the twentieth century. The tasks of...
MEETINGS AND FAREWELLS OF G. KOSTIUK: TRAGIC TRUTH OR OUTSIDE THE «SOVIET»
The end of the twentieth century was characterized by a new wave of Ukrainian cultural revival and dictated by the dramatic dynamics of the life of the Ukrainian nation and the urgent need to rethink national history. Th...
EPISTOLARY RECEPTION OF THE INTELLECTUALS OF THE late XIX – early XX century
The article dwells upon showing the epistolary heritage and receptive details in regard to known persons, in particular to P. Kulish, I. Nechuy-Levitsky, I. Franco, M. Kotsiubynsky, О. Kobylianska, Lesya Ukraine. The aim...