НАРОДОЗНАВСТВО ТА МОВНИЙ КОЛОРИТ У ТВОРАХ СТЕПАНА НОСА ТА ДАНИЛА МОРДОВЦЯ: КОМПАРАТИВНИЙ ДИСКУРС

Abstract

Based on textual and linguistic analysis of the works of Stepan Nos and Danylo Mordovets, the article examines the issue of ethnic history and culture, traditions and life, characters and worldview of the inhabitants of different regions of Ukraine. The article highlights the peculiarities of the formation of ethnographers interests, analyses the intellectual environment, leading factors and prerequisites that influenced their formation as artists of their time. Their priority issues, plot fabric, key areas of journalistic practices, stylistic features and other characteristic features of literary narratives are highlighted. A comparative analysis of the ethnographic texts of the writers is carried out, and their dominant feature is determined. The attention is focused on the means of linguistic expressiveness of S. Nos and D. Mordovets works, their interpretation of certain periods of our history and the role of the individual in their development. It’s noted that both artists collected, recorded and published materials of their own ethnographic research, including songs, poems, fairy tales, proverbs, sayings, which best reflect the mental traits of Ukrainians, their traditional culture and rituals. Based on a comparison of the selected works by S. Nos and D. Mordovets, the author identifies their common features in the description and interpretation of traditional rituals, outlines the semantic and linguistic content of their works, which contributes to the construction of the artists’ image in the time range. It’s summarised that the «linguistic decoration» of the writers texts acts as a self-presentation of the authors’ personalities, and psychologism contributes to the understanding of the nationality of Ukrainians. It’s proved that Ukrainian folk art has been and remains the main identifier of Ukrainian national culture.