Ukrainian philosophical prose: objectum fictum or literary reality?

Some critics consider a certain amount of works by Ukrainian writers to be philosophical. However, there are no systematic and general or monographs about philosophical fiction as defined phenomenon with its sources, historical dynamics, genre differentiation. So the question arises: is this type prose something sporadic accidental, it fully represented in literature but still unidentified due inconsistency approaches applied? One can ask more radical question: reality just critical fiction? The raised problem relevant because solution shed light on such an obscured sector clarify place literature. So, subject study boundaries prose. We used analytical, generalization, biographical, hermeneutical methods establish these boundaries. article aims substantiate view defined, integral phenomenon. Achieving goal required following tasks: reasons for absence detailed literary discourse prose; analyze essential nature philosophic prose, particular, dispersion components structure work text; use example short period at beginning 20th century several writers’ names outline approximate typology focuses factors (the dominance positivist aesthetic optics) scientific ones long-term narrowing field philosophy), which cause confusing identification An attempt eliminate has been made. Also, we propose terminological clarification regarding characteristic prose: not “typologization” rather “prototyping”. In article, famous (Olexiy Plyushch, Mykhailo Mohylyansky, Valerian Pidmohylyny) demonstrate that contains essentials artistic philosophizing (prototyping). conclusions generalizing nature, well specific examples philosophizing, further studies