Interpretation of «Khutir’s philosophy» in the novel Liuko Dashvar «RAI. center»

Abstract

At the beginning of the 21st century, a specific category of the artistic model of «peasantry», which is rooted in a peculiarly Ukrainian «philosophy of the heart» (cordocentrism), gets a new life and moves away from religious interpretation, turning towards national, spiritual, anthropological components. In the metaphilosophical sense and interpretation, Ukrainian cordocentrism is a national philosophy, which in artistic images and theoretical concepts expresses the awareness of human integrity and the understanding of the inseparable unity of man with God, spiritual reality, the transcendent. The study of changes and features of the transformation of this worldview in the work of domestic writers, in particular, Liuko Dashvar, would contribute to the continuity of artistic models traditional for Ukrainian literature. Therefore, there is a need for a thorough study of the features of the artistic interpretation of «khutir’s philosophy» as a specific worldview system in modern Ukrainian literature with taking into account its genre and style trends. Thus, in our study, through the prism of «khutir’s philosophy», an analysis of modern youth and the urban rich was carried out with emphasis on two spaces — the city and the small town. The system of characters is built according to two lines: images from the first,
«people from the people» (carriers of true spiritual values), opposed to the immoral world of the city, in particular, those in power (the embodiment of social vices). Accordingly, the space of a district center, a town, a village is opposed to a metropolis as a center of decency and humanity to a space of greed and moral degradation. In the novel, the main worldview modes of the «khutir’s philosophy» are correlated with the system of character images and the organization of the artistic space. It was concluded that in Ukrainian literature, the «khutir’s philosophy» retains its significance as a holistic worldview which is manifested in the problematic of the works, the author’s principles of organization of the characters’ system and the chronotope.