COGNITIVE MARKERS OF SHORT FICTION BY VASYL STEFANYK: THE ARTISTIC NARRATIVE OF A «SIMPLE TEXT»

The aim. Through the context of formation principles cognitive narratology, article makes an attempt at a (new) (re)reading separate works by Vasyl Stefanyk as leading representative literary canon, classic, being center latest paradigmatics humanitarian sense creation. Such angle view on writer’s novella heritage is completely actualized, it based tasks narratology. 
 research methods. employs narratological, psychoanalytical and biographical methods studying Stefanyk’s creative work, grounds reader-response criticism, dominant markers poetics, particularly those directly connected with storytelling forms account created fictional material him. results. analysis poetical devices, frequently used in his novellas, gave opportunity to reveal them regularities unfolding chain where threading questions subseqent outline horizon answers agreement author’s search for universal narratives novellas. It proved that world can be understood, addition other approaches, prism combined narrative strategies presentation reception. scientific novelty lies fact proposed literary-fictional examined through narratology such systematic complex way, matter fact, first time, has become one rather effective ways rereading Ukrainian classic. Simultaneously, shapes new attempts (also time) finding new, different, sometimes inconspicuous poetics are extremely important essential cognizing human psyche prose heroes, finally, understanding intellectual-emotional vicissitudes inevitably accompany reading works. practical significance. obtained results may delivering courses literature educational establishments, Stefanyk, whose shown amalgamation reception, researching modern prosewriting classic literature.