Zaitseva E. The Narrative Models in Contemporary Children's Literature (based on Ukrainian and Belarusian Prose).

The narrative organization of contemporary Ukrainian and Belarusian children's literature is examined in the dissertation on the basis of comparative analysis. Attention is paid to the study of models of narration, narrative thematology level, specificity of visual "storytelling" (pictures-books, graphic prose, comics, and illustrations). As a result of conceptualization of the narrative identity in Ukrainian and Belarusian prose for children, taking into consideration the social and cultural contexts of transitional period (the end of the XX - beginning of the XXI century) in Ukraine and Belarus, the analysis of similar / different in the "national child" concept creation is conducted. The comparative investigation shows the following inherent features of contemporary Ukrainian and Belarusian children's literature: national historical narrative, narrative-initiation, "Me - Others" narrative. Besides, post-apocalyptic, postcolonial, dystopian narratives often occur in Ukrainian children's literature. The comparative study of the visual nature of Ukrainian and Belarusian books for children allowed identifying the following models of narrative as linear / fragmentary (picture-books, illustrations), spatial narrative (graphic prose), intermediate narrative.