The image of water in the Ukrainian postmodern novel

Lubov Pecherskyh; Nataliia Levchenko; Nataliia Torkut; Svitlana Boiko; Karine Khhaacturian

doi:10.34069/AI/2023.66.06.3

Lubov Pecherskyh H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1377-4462
Nataliia Levchenko H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-6330
Nataliia Torkut Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8905-6769
Svitlana Boiko O. M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban economy, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0541-0215
Karine Khhaacturian Kharkiv Autobile Transport Applied College, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4131-1836

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.66.06.3

Keywords: water image, river, sea, element, postmodernism, novel, genre.

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to define and systematize the artistic features and functions of water images on the material of Ukrainian postmodernist novels, in particular, in the novels “Twelve Hoops”, “Moscovyada” and “Radio Night” by Yu. Andrukhovych, “Mesopotamia” and “Voroshylovgrad” by S. Zhadan, “AMtm” by Yu. Izdryk, “Tango of Death” and “Lutetsia” by Yu. Vynnychuk. The authors trace how artistic and figurative codes rooted in the oldest layers of Ukrainian culture are transformed into author’s models of the image of water, which are subject to the artistic purpose of the novels, combine with other images, form more complex image combinations, and fulfill artistic tasks on the verge of artistic genres. The similarities and differences in the use of water images in a number of novels are revealed. The images of the river, the sea and water as element and substance are interpreted as frequently used, multilayered, multifunctional, multigenre and those that create a genre accent of mysticism in the novels, actualize mythological levels of perception of the depicted, emphasize the connection with the otherworldly and transcendent, manifest the extraordinary abilities of the person interacting with it and testify to the possibility of endowing with these properties, of being a trans-level means of moving through the worlds and a source of life.

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Author Biographies

Lubov Pecherskyh, H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Doctoral Student of Leonid Ushkalov Department of Ukrainian Literature and Journalism, H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Nataliia Levchenko, H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Habilitated Doctor of Philology, Professor of Leonid Ushkalov Department of Ukrainian Literature and Journalism, H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Nataliia Torkut, Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine.

Habilitated Doctor of Philology, Professor of German Philology, Translation and World Literature Department, Zaporizhzhia National University, Ukraine.

Svitlana Boiko, O. M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban economy, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation, O. M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban economy, Ukraine.

Karine Khhaacturian, Kharkiv Autobile Transport Applied College, Ukraine.

PhD in Philosophy, Teacher of Ukrainian Language and Literature of Kharkiv Autobile Transport Applied College, Ukraine.

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