Historical narrative in contemporary ukrainian dramature

Abstract

Background.The article examines the historical narrative as a meaning­making basis of contemporary Ukrainian drama, which is implemented in the relevant categories of narrative and functions as an active consolidating factor of contemporary culture.

The relevance of the research is determined by the need for a comprehensive and multi-faceted study of contemporary Ukrainian drama in its narrative embodiment, thanks to which the connection of the artistic text with the emotions, values, personal projections of the recipient is established, and the self­interpretation and identification of the consumer of the artistic product is formed.

The purpose of the study is to observe the specifics of the implementation of narrative categories in the texts of new playwrights, to consider the dramaturgical event, temporality and intentionality in connection with theatrical media, to understand the historical, biographical and gender themes of contemporary Ukrainian drama in a narrative perspective.

Methods. The work used general scientific methods of observation, analysis, synthesis, selection and systematization of material. In addition, comparative-historical, comparative-typological, intertextual, mythocritical, descriptive methods regarding the subject of the article.

Results. The results of the study reveal the role of historical narrative and its functions in contemporary culture, outline productive figurative-thematic models in which the historical narrative of drama is implemented, and reveal interesting and highly artistic textual techniques for the development of the narrative.

Conclusions. The study proves that plays united by a historical narrative represent a national-centric model of thinking, perform a compensatory function in understanding the traumatic experience of society, contribute to the reconstruction of national memory, ensure the search and restoration of different levels of identity, in the context of the current decolonization discourse.