“TO BE A GOAL FOR ONESELF”: THE EGO-TEXT OF OLGA KOBYLIANSKA

The diary entries and autobiographies of Olha Kobylianska are considered from the perspective of the artist’s psychobiography, in the paradigm of feminine discourse. The author emphasizes the relevance of the study of ego-texts in contemporary literary studies, their re-reading due to the taboo nature of objective consideration in the totalitarian era, the influence of censorship and ideologically biased editing. Through the prism of confessional texts, the stages of the writer’s creative development, her formation as an extraordinary personality are traced, and a wide range of circumstances and people who had a direct impact on this are revealed. The author analyzes the writer’s life credo, in particular, in the projection on her fiction texts, psychological aspects of creativity, feminist views and beliefs. The author focuses on the ideological and aesthetic foundations of creativity, scientific and artistic lectures that were part of the writer’s interests. The attitude of Olha Kobylianska to the language and national issues, as well as the formants of her civic position are studied. The main vectors of her life priorities and her ability to introspect are identified. The author emphasizes the dualistic type of the artist’s temperament, which combined the features of both melancholic and choleric women. The author emphasizes the peculiarities of communication in the family circle, with parents, friends, and special approaches in relations with men. The author emphasizes the writer’s attitude to criticism, the proportion of self-criticism, great respect and empathy for her native people, Ukrainian customs and traditions. The modern tendencies of Olga Kobylianska’s ego-text in the dimensions of the new time, designated in literature as fin de ciecle, her creative and personal impressions and experiences in the context of the transitional era, which opened up new opportunities for worldcreation, personal realization, in particular, women’s rights and freedoms, are noted.

Keywords: discourse, emancipation, feminism, self-fulfillment, self-growth.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.1(66).26-44

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