ARTISTIC FUNCTIONS OF DIALECTICISMS IN THE MODERN UKRAINIAN LITERATURE: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS

Abstract

The objective of the article is to establish the functions of dialicticisms in modern Ukrainian literature. The process of transformation of the stylistic functions of dialect units in artistic works, their acquisition of a new stylistic load (on the basis of the artistic works of Yurii Vynnychuk, Myroslav Laiuk, Oresta Osiichuk) was studied. It was found out that in the novels «Apricot Bookstore» by Oresta Osiichuk, «Iron Water» by Myroslav Laiuk, «Tango of Death» by Yurii Vynnychuk, the events in which unfold in two time sections – at the beginning of the 20th century. and at the beginning of the 21st century, dialectics function primarily as a time marker, a means of distinguishing the specified two time planes. In the novel «The Apricot Bookstore» by Oresta Osiichuk, dialectics function as a means of creating the flavor of the historical era of the beginning of the 20th century. The introduction of dialectisms into the speech of the characters of this time ensures their regional identification as residents of a small town in the West of Ukraine, living in the 20th century, and contrasts it with the language of the heroes of our time, in which dialect elements are recorded much less often. The study of the language of M. Laiuk work «Iron Water», in which the action takes place in the Carpathians in two time planes – at the beginning of the 20th century and in our time, proved the use of dialectics also primarily as a means of distinguishing two plot-time lines. Dialect units are used in the description of events and characters of the beginning of the 20th century, where they traditionally perform cognitive, ethnographic, expressive functions, are a means of localizing events and achieving artistic persuasiveness in the depiction of characters, identifying them as residents of the Carpathians. In order to create, first of all, a temporal flavor – the atmosphere of old Lviv – dialectics was also used in the works of Yu. Vynnychuk. In the novel «Tango of Death» dialectics are mostly concentrated in the depiction of Lviv before and during the Second World War, dialectics are recorded to a lesser extent in the description of events and characters of our days.