Memoir poem by Maksym Rylskyi "Journey to youth": reception-textological aspect

Abstract

The article analyzes the textual and receptive aspects of Maksym Rylskyi's memoir-autobiographical poem "Journey to Youth". The specifics of memoir literature and its genre modifications are emphasized. The conditions for writing the work, the origin and formation of the idea, the role of the author-narrator in the text are investigated. The ideological and aesthetic principles of Maksym Rylskyi's work in the projection onto the memoir text are emphasized, and the specifics of his artistic writing are highlighted. The historical circumstances of the appearance of the work in the context of Ukrainian literature during the Second World War and its relevance for our days are revealed. The need for further research into the history of the text of the poem "Journey to Youth" is noted in order to establish the final, basic text for all subsequent editions of this work. The facts of censorship and authorial self-censorship of individual parts of the poem are indicated.

Through the prism of a memoir text, important socio-political, psychological, national, philosophical and existential problems of existence are emphasized. The history of the formation of not only the artist's creative personality, but also the history of an entire generation is shown, where the personal and the social are closely intertwined. An integral part of the analysis of the work is its reception by readers and critics, the correlation of one's own experience with the experience of the author-narrator, the heroes of the story. Full of deep philosophical and existential content, internal emotions and experiences, the memoir-autobiographical poem "Journey to Youth" plays an important role in preserving spiritual, historical, cultural memory, evokes feelings of empathy, sympathy. Occupying one of the leading places in modern humanitarianism, memoir literature allows us to better understand ourselves, the present and the past. Its wide genre palette, which is constantly being enriched, outlines the paths of new research in the field of geneology, theory and history of literature, and literary criticism.