МІСІЯ ПІСЛЯВОЄННОЇ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ЕМІГРАЦІЇ У ПРАЦЯХ ЮРІЯ ШЕВЕЛЬОВА

Abstract

The article examines the role of the famous Ukrainian scientist Yuri Shevelov in coming to an understanding of the mission of Ukrainian emigration, which after the end of the Second World War found itself in displaced person camps. Emphasis is placed on the program performances of Yuri Shevelov during 1945-1949, which account for the activities of the Ukrainian Art Movement - the association of Ukrainian writers in exile. In this environment, important and relevant issues for national life were freely discussed, discussions were held on the problem of preserving the identity of Ukrainians outside the homeland. It is claimed that in his works Yuri Shevelov made an in-depth analysis of the situation in which the Ukrainian emigration found itself, described this time as a stage of exhaustion, disappointments and trials. The psychological features caused by these circumstances brought on different reactions in the present time, which turned out to be: in the works of emigrant writers. The critic was concerned about the rise of conservative and restorationist sentiment among Ukrainian emigrants, and considered the loss of time and provincialism to be the greatest threat to emigration. The scientist considered the mission of post-war emigration to be the creation of modern literature that would combine common to mankind issues and have a distinct national character. Yuri Shevelov considered the creation of a deeply original, truly Ukrainian national style as a consolidating factor of literary and artistic life in the conditions of emigration to be the leading tendency of modern literary life. It is emphasized that in the person of Yuri Shevelov are dealing not only with a person who proclaimed the program principles of the organization of exiles from Ukraine and contributed to its effectiveness, but also with a researcher whose reflections help to better understand the phenomenon of the third wave of Ukrainian emigration.