Lybarets N. Rhythm of Virginia Woolf's Prose.

This dissertation is the first in Ukrainian literary studies research of one of the most conceptually important style features of the modern writing by Virginia Woolf, which is the rhythm of her prose. The thesis aims at defining the specific character of the rhythm of Woolf's novels as the sign of the experimental modern discourse, describing the place of prose rhythming as part of the system of her creative findings, as well as classifying prose rhythm principles and methods. The object of the research is the prose by Virginia Woolf, in particular her novels Jacob's Room, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, The Waves, Between the Acts, where she fully reveals her talent of a psychological prose writer. The material of the research includes also the diaries, letters and selected essays by the authoress. The research focused on the poetics of the modern discourse brought the prose rhythming to the level of a fundamental style feature of the creative work produced by some representatives of Woolf's artistic age. The creative wholeness of the style has an active nature being produced both by the artist and the recipient who gets a certain "style key" from the author (D.S. Likhachov). This trend becomes even more important in the paradigm of modern experiments, especially as concerns Virginia Woolf's creativity. It is the rhythm in particular that helps the reader to decode the textuality of her distinctive psychological works. This conclusion is also prompted by the analysis of philosophical and aesthetical connotations of the rhythm category in the context of Woolf's world-outlook principles reflected in her artistic work.