BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MODERN UKRAINIAN PROSE

Abstract

Modern Ukrainian literature is diverse and interesting both for the Ukrainian readers and for those who want to learn more about the development of Ukrainian society through the literature over the last century. Along with the digitization of human life in general, reading fiction remains today one of the ways to acquire knowledge, replenish vocabulary, study history, it’s a part of meditative practice, etc. Today, reading literary works by Ukrainian authors has the following features caused by age, the nature of professional activity, gender, etc.: –– according to age features of the person (the program of preschool educational institutions, high school, professional reading in high school); –– determined by the need of each individual to read (psychological characteristics, upbringing in the family, etc.); –– professional activities (literary critics, journalists, translators, scientists and others). Often all these stages of readability are either ways to read throughout life, or the cause of spontaneous reading, which is often the result of excessive information in the world (social networks, Internet channels, etc.). The works of Ukrainian literature have changed because the world and the authors of these works have changed as well. Socio-economic development of Ukrainian nation influenced the worldview of the authors and the quality of their works. That is why Ukrainian literature is rich in its authors: world-known Lina Kostenko, philosophical and political Oksana Zabuzhko, patriotic and historical Vasyl Shkliar, universal Andrii Kokotiukha, humane and psychological Volodymyr Lys and many others who create modern Ukrainian literature. Of course, in today's works one can find elements of zealous-apocalyptic, peasantbourgeois, but all of them stem from those social phenomena that are still present in the life of Ukrainians. Reading works with such content, some are fascinated by them, and others are annoyed by putting aside the book, but everyone has a choice today.