UKRAINIAN WOMEN'S NOVEL ABOUT THE WAR OF THE 20TH CENTURY: THE PROBLEM OF THEME AND GENRE

The object of the study is genre women's novels about war. Attention focused on how experience modifies genre, changing status event and adjusting plot schemes. purpose to trace peculiarities development a novel war material 4 different periods: "Petrya Slymak" by Oleksandra Svekla, "Behind Plow" Varvara Cherednychenko, "Khreshchaty Yar" Dokiya Humenna "The Death Cecil Lion Made Sense" Olena Stiazhkina. novelty in fact that it first attempt analyze Ukrainian literature. carried out line with feminist studies based works Nira Yuval-Davis, Cynthia Enloe, Miriam Cooke, Margaret Higonnet, others. As result research, number features have been revealed. develops as inscribing women into male schemes creating herstories In scheme, depiction battles episodic, but events rear occupation becomes important. This significantly expands understanding not only history defeats victories, life death also suffering, patience, hard work. Women's focus contribution provision army social organization, suffering during wounding or mutilation men frequent motif, which undermines standards masculinity usual for examples genre. texts are more attentive female characters, giving them subjectivity. half 20th century, this subjectivity consequence lack public space, providing space self-realization outside private sphere. later texts, substantiated their characters. appearance sniper character marks overcoming victimization images novels.