In the dissertation for the first time the systematic analysis of tendencies of
development of pedagogical ideas and educational activity of the Ukrainian writers of
the Western Ukraine (the end of the XVIII century ‒ 1939) is carried out. The
periodization of the literary process in Western Ukraine (end of the XYIII century –
1939) through the prism of historical and pedagogical dimension is proposed, five
main periods of development of Western Ukrainian literature are identified:
1) church-educational (mid-1770–1820), divided into two stages: 1772–1805 and
1806–1820); 2) awakening and enlightenment (1830 ‒ the first half of the 1870, has
two stages, which distinguishes 1848); 3) the rise of literary life in the second half of
the 1870–1914; 4) military-revolutionary upheavals of 1914–1919/20; 5) the interwar
period of the twentieth century, which traces the two stages of the 1920 and 1930.
Each of these periods has its own features and characteristics of ideological, value
and artistic style, expressed in the artistic reflections of a wide range of problems of
education, upbringing and personality development. Their carriers and producers
were representatives of several generations of Western Ukrainian writers. Given the
above scientific and theoretical positions, the realities of socio-political development
and the content and nature of the literary process, etc., identified the existence of the
period under consideration, five generations of writers (the first falls on the 70. XVIII ‒
10 XIX century, the second ‒ in the 20 ‒ late 40 of the XIX century, the third ‒ in
1848–70/80 of the XIX century, the fourth ‒ in 1870/80. XIX ‒ early XX century;
fifth ‒ in the 20–30 of the XX century); each of them had certain common features
and similar views on the problems of education, upbringing, theory and practice of
pedagogy.
The ideological-thematic and genre diversity of pedagogically oriented works
of Ukrainian writers is analyzed, the personification of the literary process in the
western Ukrainian lands is carried out through the prism of coverage of educational
problems. The creative achievements of writers who were teachers are highlighted.
Scientific-pedagogical and educational-methodical achievements of Ukrainian writers
of the mentioned period are revealed. The essence of pedagogical views of Ukrainian
writers on the problem of education of the Ukrainian people is analyzed and
generalized. The concept of categorical apparatus is specified. The experience of
educational activity of Ukrainian writers of the researched period on the variety of its
forms and methods is summarized (writing works of art for additional reading by
students at school and abroad, promoting the distribution of Ukrainian books among
children and youth, theatrical performances, folk readings, etc.); the directions of
creative use of pedagogical ideas and experience of educational activity of Ukrainian
writers of the end of the XVIII century are outlined ‒ 30 of the twentieth century in
terms of reforming modern domestic education; further development of ideas about
the essence and content of educational activities of the Ukrainian intelligentsia in the
field of preservation of national traditions, culture, language, school of the late
eighteenth century – 1939. A number of little-known works of domestic writers and
archival documents are analyzed and put into scientific circulation. The methodology
of cognition of development of tendencies of pedagogical ideas and publiceducational
activity is improved.
The problem of development of pedagogical ideas and educational activity of
Ukrainian writers of Western Ukraine (end of XVIII ‒ 30 of XX century) is relevant
and significant in today's conditions. Creative use of pedagogical views of Western
Ukrainian writers of the period under study in secondary and higher education
institutions of independent Ukraine will contribute to effective reform of the modern
educational system, improvement of pedagogical technologies of teaching pedagogical
disciplines, return from oblivion of little-known literary and pedagogical personalities.
deep study and use in the educational space as a factor in the national education of
the younger generation.
Key words: Ukrainian writers; pedagogical ideas; educational activities; social
activities; Western Ukraine; literary process; trends.
