THE LINGUISTIC PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN KLAVA KORETSKA’S CHILDREN'S WORKS ON MILITARY AND PATRIOTIC THEMES

Abstract

The article examines the peculiarities of the linguistic picture of the world in the children's works of contemporary Ukrainian writer Klava Koretska on military and patriotic themes in the context of the first phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The relevance of this scientific research is determined by the growing role of children's literature as an important factor in the formation of national self-awareness, linguistic worldview, and value orientations of young readers in conditions of social upheaval. The theoretical part summarizes contemporary linguistic approaches to the concept of the linguistic picture of the world, its connection with the national mentality, cultural memory, and artistic discourse, and outlines the specifics of its implementation in children's literature. The main focus is on the analysis of the poetry collection “Little Ukrainian Angel” (2016) and the parable-like fairy tale “The Brave Warrior” from the collection “Celestial Flowers”, (2018) in which the reality of war is interpreted through the prism of a child's perception and reinterpretation of the world. Key lexical-semantic fields and concepts (Ukraine, war, hero, boy, angel, grandmother) are identified, and their role in the formation of a humanistic, nationally marked linguistic picture of the world is determined. It has been demonstrated that the author deliberately avoids traumatic depictions of war, employing symbols, metaphors, euphemisms, diminutive-affectionate forms, and simple syntactic structures, which ensure the psychological safety of the child reader. It has been established that heroism in Klava Koretska's works is interpreted not only as a military deed, but also as moral responsibility, empathy and inner strength. The linguistic picture of the world in her children's texts appears as a coherent multi-level system that combines artistic imagery, linguistic simplicity, and educational potential. The scientific novelty of the study lies in a comprehensive analysis of the military-patriotic linguistic picture of the world in Klava Koretska's children's works, that allows for a deeper understanding of the role of language in wartime and its significance for the formation of children's national identity. The final touch to the scientific research was a literary silhouette of the writer Klava Koretska, viewed through the lens of the issue under investigation”.