THE MYTHOMODEL OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF P. KULISH (STORY «FIRE SNAKE»)

Abstract

The paper is devoted to insufficiently investigated subject of modern Ukrainian literary criticism – the novelette by P. Kulisha «Fire snake». The purpose of the paper is to outline the features of the world, modeler by the author, using the three-tier structural division of reality scheme tested in the literature.The main attention was focused on the study of the peculiarities of the functioning of the mechanism of simultaneous interaction and reciprocation of the levels of the world model. The following techniques have been identified – gradation, oxymoron, antinomy, mirroring, etc., by them the author builds each of the simulated spaces, namely: the upper world – the heaven as the abode of God; median space – antroposphere; the lover world is the chaos of unholy power.A separate aspect of interests is the specificity of the presentation of the through character of the story – gold – as a dual phenomenon that accumulates binary meanings. Also, it was about folk and philosophical semantics of the meaning – and structure-forming image of the story – a fire snake – the materialized embodiment of the temptation and the sin.The basic means of creation of characters are analysed: the author’s characteristic, the use of a doubleimage. The semantics of irrational is in the sphere of interest of the author of the paper as well.It was proved that modeled by P. Kulish world is incomplete, deformed by an incorrect understanding of its own existence. In fact, this is a model, the basis of which is the paradox: the man essence ruined by the vanity of humanity destroys the antroposphere, shifts the world axis down into the world of chaos, eventually dehumanizing its own perspective, restructuring the universe on the principle of absolute character of pre-term.