Dyakiv Y. Structure and function of dramatic conflict in Bernard Shaw's plays

The dissertation researches into the specifics of dramatic conflict in Bernard Shaw's plays. It is for the first time in Ukrainian literary studies that the author of the dissertation thesis reveals the artist in the context of the English literary interval of the late 19th century - the first half of the 20th century. Based on a comprehensive approach to the object of the study, there were examined ideological, artistic and aesthetic dominants in modelling B. Shaw's dramatic concepts. Also, the paper highlights B. Shaw as a prominent playwright in the English literature. The research contains a systematic analysis of artistic structure features in B. Shaw's plays that helps to concentrate on determining the nature of dramatic conflict based on realistic art. The dramatic conflict in B. Shaw's plays features paradoxes of life. Therefore, paradox is one of the main artistic receptions in the playwright's creativity. The dissertation outlines the meaningful role and remarkable potential of drama in the "intellectual" theatre. Its main function is to demonstrate urgent philosophical and social dilemmas. Also, it is worth mentioning its leading role in the structure of the play, the latter having changed from the "exposition-situation-isolation" pattern into the "exposition-situation-discussion" one. The research in question has proved Bernard Shaw's meaningful and innovatory role in the English drama at the turn of the 20th century. Bernard Shaw professed non-traditional for the English drama art forms of artistic consciousness. His dramatic works present new art forms to the level of European trends in the literary process. B. Shaw not only visibly expands the problem-themed figurative style and the plot-composite model of English drama, but also enriches the latter with his original content and poetry.