Chepurna O. Child discourse in the prose by the Ukrainian writers of the 60s (Gr. Tutunnyk, V. Blysnets, E. Gutsalo)

In the thesis child discourse in the prose by Gr. Tutunnyk, V. Blysnets, and Y. Gutsalo is investigated in different conceptual levels: stylistic, psychological, existential-phenomenological. The figure of God's child is distinguished as discourse code of literature world of the writer analyses. The Godlike features are analysed in the sphere of moral-ethic discourse and are investigated with the help of existentional problems: modi of hope, horror, choice, aloofness, love, carefulness. The concept of child and peculiarities of its literature realization in the writer's works are investigated. In Gr. Tutunnyk's prose the figure of child is analysed as the concept of "miracle" in the world of devaluation of a person. In V. Blysnets' prose the concept of child is characterised in the context of existentials of memory and conscience. It is discovered that in Y. Gutsalo's prose the figure of child is the embodiment of happy period and acquiring of such mental experience that becomes a key to the formationof the personality.