Kamenska I. The conception of double semantic field in the literary activity of Olha Kobylyanska (after the works Nioba, Valse melancolique, Uncultured, Land, Across Planked Footway).

The dissertation investigates the prose heritage of Olha Kobylyanska from the point of view of its double semantics (i.e. semantics is viewed as a methodological technique of mythology and analytical psychology and deals with interpretation of scenes and events and their integration in a concrete novel). The author studies artistic devices employed by the writer to create irrational reality parallel to the rational one. Special attention is paid to the decoding of symbols, signs and archetypes. Their connection with the irrational semantic field has been observed. The dissertation research also analyses the conception of Ukrainian mentality of Olha Kobylyanska, the peculiarities of her individual artistic style.