LITERARY AND ART ONYMS IN CONTEMPORARY POETRY ABOUT WAR (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF POETRY COLLECTIONS OF THE ZAPORIZHZHIA AUTHORS)

Abstract

The article analyzes the lexical-semantic and functional-stylistic features of the literary and art onomasticon of contemporary poetry about the russian- Ukrainian war. We have revealed the active use of toponyms, among which the most productive are the choronyms Ukraine and russia. It is established that the image of Ukraine appears in two hypostases: on the one hand, it is a beautiful and prosperous state, and on the other hand, it is sad and tragic; writers identify themselves with their homeland, convey their pain and empathy for the difficult fate of the Ukrainian people. It is highlighted that the choronym russia acquires only negative connotations, the hatred of Ukrainians towards the aggressor country keeps growing every day, and the dismissive attitude is conveyed through various graphic images. It has been established that the horrific military actions of the russian military in many Ukrainian cities are reflected in the speech of Ukrainians. Bucha, Kharkiv, Irpin, Izium, Mariupol are names that have become precedent-setting and have gained symbolic meaning with the actualization of such nomens as «suffering», «defiance», and «invincibility». It is emphasized that the writers use the toponymic names Crimea, Donetsk (Donbas), Luhansk, which have changed their semantic load in connection with the russian-Ukrainian war, because before the russian aggression, the East of Ukraine was considered an industrial region, and then – a region of war, death and destruction. It is stated that Ukrainians have created a great number of derogatory anthroponyms for putin, the perpetrator of russia’s armed aggression. The name of the russian president is often used in a negative context of humorous works (jokes and puns). It has been determined that the theonym God helps to convey a sense of excitement and boundless faith in a bright future caused by the bloody russian-Ukrainian war of the twenty-first century. Writers of the Zaporizhzhia region often depict the image of a ravaged Ukraine in which the people are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair; it is in this context that God is the personification of the last hope. The literary and art onomasticon of the Zaporizhzhia region writers is very diverse from the functional and stylistic point of view and is represented by the following groups of onymes: informational and evaluative, nationally significant, localizational and ideological.