Slipushko O. Evolution and functionality of literary images in paradigm of literate manuscripts of the Early and High Middle Ages (XI- first part of XIII cent.)

In the dissertation the evolution and functionality of literary images in literature of Kievan Rus' is investigated. The literary images are investigated in two aspects: chronological (their specific elements are analyzing in the different stages of the Middle Ages) and functionality, genre (specific elements are analyzing in the different genres). Specific elements, new periods, world outlook and aesthetics principles of the literature of the Early and High Middle Ages are investigated. The problem of integration of the Biblical context in the literature of Kievan Rus', paradigm of the image of saint, Rus' model of image in chronicles and in individual writings are investigated. For the first time the evolution of the author image is investigated.