Dunay P. Ideological-ethetical basis of literary-critical activity of Andrey Nikovskyi

In this dissertation it is the of ideas and ethetical priorities of A. Nikovskyi which were peculiar to his literary-critical creative work at the beginning of the XX century. On the basis of idea-ethetical dominants the scientific biography of A. Nikovskyi has been created and periodization has been realized; evolution of ethetical of a traditional and modernist discourses has been analyzed; the role and the place of this scientific works in the history of Ukrainian literary criticism have been stated. In this work the author has proved that idea-ethetical basis of literary-critical activity of A. Nikovskyi were in accordance with the leading tendencies of his time and not reflected but them greatly and deeply.