Halych A. Artistic search in the Ukrainian postmodern prose: associonym dimension

Object: The novels of Ukrainian writers of the late XX - early XXI century. Objective: To reveal the essence of assocyonyms and fully characterize them in the works of Ukrainian writers, postmodernists in terms of achievements of modern literary criticism. Methods: hermeneutic, comparatively-typological, philologycal, textual. Results and novelty: the first time made analysis of aesthetic nature and functions of assocynyms in modern Ukrainian literature. Scope: history of Ukrainian literature of the late XX - early XXI century, theory of literature in Ukrainian educational institutions, writing of textbooks and schoolbooks, monographies on postmodernism.