THE PROJECT OF THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION “UKRAINIAN LITERATURE IN COMICS”: IDEA, STRATEGIC GOALS, RESULTS

Abstract

The article presents the results of the “Ukrainian Literature in Comics” project created with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. The authors of the project (project manager Nadiia Hrachova, author of scripts for the online catalog Olha Khodatska, and project creative designer Olena Cherkun) created a cultural-artistic product – an online catalog in Ukrainian and English versions, which highlights the plot of the Ukrainian historical era with the help of graphic visualization. 
 The results of the project “Ukrainian Literature in Comics,” which was done during two stages (2022 and 2023), represent a new interactive study of the Ukrainian written heritage of different periods, considering modern socio-cultural and ideological challenges. Among such challenges, the current one is the development of the motivation of the younger generation to read Ukrainian fiction, the development of the interest of children and adults in reading books by Ukrainian authors as a national treasure, popularization of the Ukrainian literary heritage as a factor of the national security, the creation of reliable interactive content for teachers-philologists, students, their parents, actually for all Ukrainians living in Ukraine and abroad. The result of the project is the creation of a cultural and artistic product for those who are interested in the Ukrainian language, literature, and culture. Furthermore, it will be included in the educational process to reformat the cultural narratives and meanings of Ukrainian society nowadays in Ukraine and abroad, where children-migrants from the temporarily occupied territories study. In the long term, this project is going to have a positive cultural and educational impact on strengthening the moral and spiritual state of Ukrainians, on the development of an individual who is able to care for the spiritual and cultural revival of the country in the post-war period, which will contribute to the unification of the world community against Russian military and cultural expansion as well.