SAMCHUK STUDIES AT THE TERNOPIL VOLODYMYR HNATYUK NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY: ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

The article examines the Samchukian paradigm of literary studies by scholars at the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, convincingly demonstrating their research potential. Its indisputable advantage is theoretical and methodological pluralism (hermeneutics, receptive aesthetics, intertextuality, imagology, neomythology, cultural anthropology, narratology, etc.), which has broadened the scientific scope of contemporary Samchuk studies. Today, Ternopil National Pedagogical University can be described as a scientific center for Samchuk studies, which was headed by the late Professor Roman Hromiak and continued by Professor Mykola Tkachuk. It was thanks to their determined efforts that on February 21, 1993, Ukraine's first solemn academy, «Ulas Samchuk – Outstanding Ukrainian Writer of the 20th Century», was organized and held at the university. Her materials are compiled in a review and analytical collection of the same name, which contains a number of scientific studies ranging from the consideration of the problems of the formation of the artist's creative personality (M. Tkachuk, O. Veretyuk, M. Kozachok and Ya. Kozachok, P. Soroka, Ya. Buyak, M. Hertz) to the analysis of the language of his works (V. Melnychayko et al.). They defined the main aspects of modern Samchuk studies ‒ genre and narrative ‒ demonstrating the problem-synthetic vector of research into the writer's prose heritage. Scientific conferences, usually timed to coincide with anniversaries (2000, 2005, 1015, 2020, 2025), have gained international status, proving the significance and relevance of U. Samchuk's work in the modern world. The article proves that scientific progress in researching «the artistic genius of U. Samchuk» (M. Tkachuk) and the proper appreciation of all areas of his activity are undoubtedly the merit of scholars at the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University as a scientific center for Samchuk studies.