MODELING OF PERSONAGE’S FICTIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN DRAMA L. STARYTSKA-CHERNYAKHIVSKA “ON THE EVE”

The article is devoted to the study of means of artistic construction of the personages’ consciousness in the play “On the Eve” by L. Starytska-Chernyakhivska. The parameters of modeling the personage’s fictional consciousness as a phenomenon that changes external circumstances, affects the essence of internal experiences, which contribute to the formation of new levels of understanding of the personages, are analyzed; the correlations between personages’ fictional consciousness and the external fictional world is traced through the understanding of new meanings as a basis for the formation of new contexts and forecasts. It was determined that the fictional consciousness of the main character constructs the development of events in the drama, as the character formulates ideas that significantly influence the worldview of other actors in the drama. It is proved that in the drama fictional consciousness of a maim hero is constructed through the character’s awareness of his own individuality, caused by his creative self-expression, as a fact of his own existence and vocation. Shevchenko’s artistic works resonate with the mood of jther personages and become an artistic expression of feelings of the protagonists. The reactions of each of the participants to Shevchenko’s words, with the help of which the author constructs the fictional consciousness of the heroes, are mutually reinforced. It was determined that the fictional consciousness of the main character turns out to be the center of focusing, understanding and artistic reproduction of the most important problems of the day in the drama “On the Eve”, it acts as a determining factor in the formation of the artistic structure of the play. The appearance of the poet crystallizes previously defined meanings and gives new impulses to the unfolding of the dramatic action. Episodes of the highest intensity, which direct the actors to the realization of the most important truths and determine the states of deep insights, are directly related to the image of Taras Shevchenko. The phenomena and processes of objective reality, reflected in Shevchenko’s consciousness, acquire symbolic meaning through the highlighting and strengthening of deep patterns that the great poet makes clear to others.

Keywords: personage, personage’s fictional consciousness, modeling of personage’s fictional consciousness, drama, dramatic action.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.2(65).9-15

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