Original research article
Polish-Ukrainian Studies

The Theme of Death in Ukrainian Literature for Children: Artistic Peculiarities (based on Halyna Kyrpa’s story My Dad Has Become a Star)

2018, 5, Volume 5

Tetiana Kachak

0000-0002-6863-1736

Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University

DOI

10.32612/uw.23535644.2018.pp.161-174

Publication date

12.04.2018

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open access

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CC BY 3.0 PL

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Humanities

Discipline

literary studies, culture and religion studies, arts studies, history, philosophy

Language of publication

Polish, Ukrainian, English

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Abstract

In the article the artistic peculiarities of the unfolding of the theme of death in the literature for children and youth have been analyzed on the basis of Halyna Kyrpa’s (Галина Кирпа) story My Dad Has Become a Star (Мій тато став зіркою). The author’s interpretation of Thanatos motifs has been paid much attention to. The system-creating components of the poetics of the story (thematic and problematic accents, pathos, genre, the system of characters, psychological nature, chronotope, narration and language) have been explored. The writer adheres to the principle that is characteristic for children’s prose, in which most often the death of a person (character) is interpreted as a transition from the earth’s life (image) to another space (image). The analyzed story reflects the specifics of literature for children: the coverage of the topic from the point of view of the child, dynamic plot of the story, high level of visualization of the text, the use of metaphors and symbols, the image of the inner world of the young hero and her reflections; life-affirmation, an optimistic guideline for goodness and vitality pathos, understandable language, stylistic expressiveness. The author defined functional aspects and features of receptive perception by young readers of the text, which presented the complex, „adult” themes.

Keywords:

the theme of death,literature for children and youth,pathos,metaphorical language

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Kachak T., The Theme of Death in Ukrainian Literature for Children: Artistic Peculiarities (Based on Halyna Kyrpa’s Story ‚My Dad Has Become a Star’) [w:] "Studia Polsko-Ukraińskie", red. Walentyna Sobol, nr 5, wyd. Zakład Graficzny UW, Warszawa 2018, s. 161-174 .