Zheltonohova T. Title as a Component of the Structure of the Ukrainian Poetic Text.

The thesis considers semiotic nature of title of the Ukrainian poetic text on the basis of poems by Y. Malaniuk, O.Teliha, P.Tychyna, V.Stus; the mechanism of the meaning development of titles and their ability to express compressed conceptual-thematic basis of the poem are examined; the significance of zero title and the first line in revealing the meaning of the text is defined; the peculiarities of the correlation of title with metric-rhythmical scheme and genre of a verse are considered; the focus is placed on a complex system of correlation of title with all language levels of a poetic text organization.