AT THE CROSSROADS OF EMPIRES: HISTORIOSOPHICAL OBSERVATIONS OF B. LEPKOI

Abstract

In the article are traced that prophetic motives of poetry «Voice of Despair» and «Voice of Hope», antimilitarist pathos of the small prose in the period of the First World War, historiosophytic «Nocturne» are combined with a distinct anti-imperial discourse.In the center of research attention is the image of a lost Ukrainian, a person in a foreign country, without a family and with an unknown future. Imagological aspect is realized with the help of artistic details, elements of autobiographism, comparisons, author’s conclusions. Also it is analyzed the role of internal speech and symbolism.It is emphasized on the value of an idea of a family / family / people: the ima- ge of a divided family as a divided people, bounded by the borders of the empires («In the camp»); loyalty to the brother («Two children»); the idea of the honor of the owner («Escape?»); the idea of a great Ukrainian nation, national consciousness («Write and me»); the idea of the resurrection of the people («Before the Easter») and others.It is noticed the actualization of the fabulous basis in the work «Mouse», au- thor’s naratologistic investigations in the text «My fault».It is underlined the dramatic stress «Nocturne», marked by genre elements of the tripod, prayer, folklore texts, category of fame.In the work is traced the path of author’s thought from the analysis of indivi- dual situations to conclusions-generalizations, historiosophical observations.