Увага статті зосереджена на особливостях моделювання образу природи в прозі Федора Одрача. Досліджено "поліський цикл" творів письменника, в яких Ф. Одрач зображує природу через призму символічно-міфологічного, психологічного, філософського та реалістичного буття людини.
Introduction. The features of the modeling of the image of nature in the Fedir Odrach’s prose is devoted in the article. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to analyze the characteristic features of the modeling of the natural world in the Fedir Odrach’s works on Polissian subjects. Find out the role of landscapes in the works of the writer.
Methods. Cultural-historical, psychological, interpretive.
Results. Nature is the central image of the Fedir Odrach’s works about Polissia. The article outlines two ways of modeling the world of Polissian nature: mythological and realistic. In the philosophy of Polischuk in the first half of the twentieth century, pagan representations were intertwined with later Christian elements. The phenomena of nature acquired a symbolic, and therefore mythological meaning. However, F. Odrach perceives nature in a realistic way. In all its manifestations, he sees the law of biological expediency and cyclic orderliness. The sound in his writings is one of the important means of revealing the wealth of nature. The image of spring in the story "For Styr!" F. Odrach portrayed, reproducing the bird’s polyphony. F. Odrach depicts the Polissya spring in the dynamics of colors. The image of the sun acquires a mythological significance, appears to be the personified creator of paradise (happiness) on the earth. Touching sensations are also important: due to the expectation of heat and the sun reflects the psychophysiological needs of human. Odrach’s works enrich knowledge from various branches of biological sciences. Observing Fedir Odrach in his works gives zoological descriptions of inhabitants Polissian meadows, swamps, forests. The nature of F. Odrach is national in character. The writer describes the features of the climate, the geographic landscape of Polissia. Anthropocentrism in modeling the landscape is an important feature of the writer. Human manifests himself in customs, beliefs, folklore, everyday life, economic life, in contact with the world of nature. Originality. The landscape of Polissia in the works of the writer was investigated for the first time, the character of nature modeling in the works of the "Polissian cycle" is comprehended.
Conclusion. Landscape in the "Polissian cycle" by Fedir Odrach is multifunctional. It is an important component of the literary works of the writer, their compositional core, contributes the disclosure of the ideological plan. Polissian landsca pes of the writer perform cognitive, moral, ethical, aesthetic, psychological and symbolic-mythological role. I plan to devote further articles to the study of the Canadian landscape in Odrach ’s works.
