Mynenko Y. Heraldic poetry in Ukrainian literary baroque.

The genre of the Ukrainian heraldic poetry which was popular in literature of baroque's epoch in detail studied in dissertation. Genesis of poems on the coat of arms the origin of which was predefined growth of role of the noble estate in the society of that time is found out. Special attention appeal on intercommunications of the Ukrainian heraldic poems with the analogical stemmat genre in Polish literature, from Polish literature genre of the coat of arms poems were adopted by the Ukrainian literature. The heraldic poetry is examined as synthetic graphic and literary genre which appeared as combination of two other popular baroque genres, they are panegyric and emblem. A heraldic poetry is an emblem by a form and eulogistic by a maintenance. The main artistic mean of expression of nobleman's merits and dignities was the rich symbolism. The most popular heraldic symbols selected and systematized in the thematic groups in the work. The significance of these symbolic signs and its functioning in the text has considerable attention.