The article discusses the specifics of the interaction of psychoanalysis and literary studies. It is proved that literary studies actively use fundamental psychoanalytic methods and techniques in decoding the mental unconscious of characters in literary works. Literary terms proposed for implementation and use – a literary work of psychoanalytic direction, a literary work with psychoanalysis elements, a literary work with thepsychoanalytic dominant orpsychoanalytic constructs certifying the integration of psychoanalysis theory into literary studies. The use of certain aspects of psychoanalytic theory contributes to the literary interpretation of unconscious processes in the psyche of the author of the work and its characters, marked by various pathologies, deviations, neuroses, fears, etc. The article emphasizes that interpreting literary texts in the psychoanalytic aspect actualizes the method of free associations, close to the specific literary technique of the consciousness stream, as well as the specifics of interpretations of the dreaming discourse.

This article is devoted to the investigation of Ukrainian national identity transformation, conditioned by the events of the Revolution of Dignity in the novel “Under the Wings of Big Mother” by S. Protsiuk. It was found out that the problem of national identity is the key one on the thematic, problematic, ideological, and figurative levels. The basic categories in the process of the new national identity formation in the novel “Under the Wings of Big Mother” by S. Protsiuk are pain, suffering, sorrow, and fear. The transformation of the national identity is subordinate to the moral and ethical discourse of changes, which were prompted by the revolution. The article serves to analyze political obstacles, mental traps and drawbacks of Ukrainian psychological character that prevented Ukrainians from forming a strong national identity. Changes of Ukrainian national identity is caused by the traumatic experience of Ukraine being a part of USSR, marked by genocide, linguicide, culturicide, Holodomor, and political repressions. The transformation of Ukrainian national identity in the beginning of the 21st century made possible the establishment of the key national identities (identitas): history, language, territory, basic national symbols and codes. It was proved that the modification of the national identity and the awareness of the ethnic value and self-identification are possible on the condition of understanding of mental traps and psychological drawbacks of Ukrainians that impeded the Ukrainian people of forming their identity and world view to the full extent.

Review on the monograph: Shteinbuk, F. (2020). Pid “Znakom Savaofa”, abo „Tam, de…” Ul′ianenko. Ch. 1. Pid “Znakom Savaofa” [Under the “Sign of the Savaof”, or “Where…” Ulianenko. Part 1. Under the “Sign of Savaof”]. Kyiv : Vydavnychyi dim Dmytra Buraho, 396 p.

The aim. The article suggests a new view on the organization and structure of Vasyl Stefanyk’s novella “A Stone Cross” that determines the elucidation of an intermedial issue in the analysis of the writer’s famous work: the unity of a word and sound palette in the fictional text of the novella author’s prose. Therefore, the aim of the article is to study through the prism of one novella a general tendency of Vasyl Stefanyk’s creative work: the synthesis of literature and art, the study of methodological approaches to interpreting the phenomena of intermediacy in the novellas of the classic of our national literature. The research methods. For the analysis the synthesis of principles and methods of scientific researchis implemented, first of all, of intertextual, comparative-typological, intermedial, poetological and biographical ones. The research results. The interpretation of Vasyl Stefanyk’s novella “A Stone Cross” through the prism of verbal and music-sound aspects promotes understanding of the writer’s rich in senses well-known work. That is why the selected poetic analysis of each part of “A Stone Cross” is the most acceptable for researching the textual longevity of sounds and music in the novella’s general structure. In the research process of the sound paradigm of Vasyl Stefanyk’s work, its groundbreaking essence, the peculiarity of its style, modern poetics are proved that undoubtedly affected the precision and powerful energy of its word form. The scientific novelty. In the research there is achieved a new reading of the text of Vasyl Stefanyk’s novella “A Stone Cross”, for the first time there is performed the analysis of its sound contour by means of which the subtexts and hidden senses of the work are decoded. Such a cutting-edge approach proposes a fresh view on the Ukrainian author’s modernistic searches: the sound, music, song, dance identify the main hero Ivan Didukh, generally psychologise the text of the work. The practical significance. The obtained research results may be used in further research of Vasyl Stefanyk’s creative work from positions of contemporary literary studies, particularly the proposed interpretational approach is one of the segments of a poly-aspectual interpretation of the deep in its contents work that has already become classical both in  the sphere education and in scientific studies of today’s researchers of Vasyl Stefanyk’s creative work.

The purpose of the article is to study the artistic features of Bohdan Zholdak’s military prose "Ukry" and Yevhen Polozhii’s "Ilovaisk". The methodological basis of the study is complex and is based mainly on the tools of traditional literary studies (comparative-typological, comparative-historical and specific-textual types of literary analysis) using elements of motivational analysis. The article examines military prose as a phenomenon of modern Ukrainian literature; genre diversity of works dedicated to the realities of the anti-terrorist operation and the war in Donbas; the main problems that writers raise. It is determined that Bohdan Zholdak’s film story “Ukry” shows “a noble, active, strong hero who defends freedom, justice and universal ideals.” Zholdak’s style (burlesque-postmodern) depiction of characters is considered with their positive and negative sides, true language and emotions. Yevhen Polozhii’s novel “Ilovaisk” was analyzed, based on the memoirs of soldiers who survived the Ilovaisk pocket. It is determined that the writer turns to the traditional plot and depiction of heroes, using the features of existentialism and naturalism, often resorting to contrast in the reproduction of pictures of frontal and peaceful Donbas, and ideological beliefs of older and younger generations. It is proved that in the works of modern Ukrainian literature there is a deep rethinking of the war, which poses a potential threat not only to the individual country and its inhabitants, but to humanity in general. The authors affirm the idea of peace as the highest human value.