Yanchytska K. Creative individuality of Mykola Matiev-Melnyk-prose writer

In the thesis, for the first time in Ukrainian literary criticism, the work of M. Matiev-Melnyk-prose writer was considered as a subject of a special systematic holistic analysis. Taking into account the latest scientific approaches, the attribution of M. Matiev-Melnyk’s prose to the styles of the day was carried out; the genre evolution, the stylistic dominant of the epic and the accompanying means of figurative synthesis of works were outlined; the significance of mythopoetics as the main determining factor of M. Matiev-Melnyk’s prose was revealed, which contributed to the delineation of the originality of his creative individuality.