Vasilyeva M. Ukraine of the end of XIX - begin XX c. modernized short story: development and modifications determined by metaphorization, characteristic feature of artistic thinking of the period

Short prose creative works of well-known writers of Ukrainian modernized short story of the end of the XIXth - the beginning of the XXieth in world literature. The aim is to reveal genre and stylistic peculiarities of Ukrainian modernized short story of the end of the XIXth - the beginning of the XXieth century. The methods - structural-functional, comparative-historical. The structural peculiarities and functioning of short stories by writers whose creative activity was not specially studied underwent the analysis. The results of the investigation can be employed in University lectures, special courses, in the process of making up the themes of course, diploma and master papers. The sphere of usage - higher school