EXPLORATION OF CHARACTER RELATIONS IN WORKS WITH MYTHOLOGICAL IMAGE ON LESSONS IN UKRAINIAN LITERATURE

Abstract

The article is concerned with the study of systemic connections between the main characters and mythological figures and creatures. It is an important element in the process of school analysis of literary works. The author theoretically justifies the urgency for the development of a special methodical model of analysing the interrelations among characters of the literary works with mythological imagery. It is appropriate to use the proposed approach in the process of understanding the plot and the system of characters of the literary work. In particular, interrelations among characters allow us to characterise characters of literary works more completely, to reveal their worldviews, peculiarities of inward choice, spiritual priorities, interaction with external reality, and circumstances of existence.

The article describes the stages of educational activity in the process of studying the interrelations among characters. Different methods and types of activities to be used at lessons are offered at each stage. Specifically adapted type of character-based analysis known in methodology are presented: character analysis by plot development, comprehension of internal priorities of characters, investigation of interrelations among mythological characters. The article describes in detail the scheme of each type of analysis, its purpose and expected results of practical application. The author also gives examples of practical application of the proposed methodical approach. Attention is focused on literary works studied in grades 9-11: «Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors» by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, «Forest Son» by Lesya Ukrainka, «Eneyida» by Ivan Kotliarevsky and «A House on a Mountain» by Valeriy Shevchuk. The author provides the examples of analysis of the characters from the mentioned literary works whose evolution depends on the interaction with mythologized reality.