Krjukowa Y. «The Prague Text» in works of European modernists in the First Half of the 20th Century

The object: «the Prague text» of European Modernist poetry of the first half of the 20th century, as rhizomatic formation that comprises autochthonous Czech, German-speaking, emigrants’ works, that develops from the primary «Prague myth» through the individual mythopoetry to the Prague reception as the socially determined city. The scientific novelty, the personal contribution consists in fact that «the Prague text» is first-ever analyzed through the lens of Imagological theory. Its main content, boundaries and functioning in the poetry of European Modernists are outlined. The conclusion is made that the structure forming elements of the «the Prague text» are: Modernism (and neo-mythologism, as its derivation), individual poetic works and the fusion of autochthonal and emigrant literature. The main criteria and poetic variations of «the Prague text» in the emigrant literary continuum are defined. The practical value represents the possibility of using the obtained results in teaching of Literary Theory, Comparative Literature, History of Ukrainian and World Literature, in special courses and special seminars devoted to the city problematics in the literary texts.