GENRE-IDEOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE POETICS
OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN Cover Image

ЖАНРОВО-ІДЕОГРАФІЧНІ ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ У ПОЕТИЦІ СУЧАСНОЇ ДИТЯЧОЇ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ
GENRE-IDEOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE POETICS OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN

Author(s): OLHA NOVODVORCHUK
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: children’s literature; modern poetry for children; genre modifications; poems; ‘balamutynky’

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to explore the features of early 21st century Ukrainian poetry forchildren. The purpose of exploration is to identify the genre and ideographic features of poetry: innovationand traditionalism. Tracing the genre modifications of poetry and their common and distinctivefeatures, the author addresses the key features of poetry for children in general: artistic and literarydiscourse, the functions of poetry, thematic direction, strophic structure of the poem, the existenceof images, characters and others. The article proves that the basis for the renewal of poetic genres istraditional genres of folklore and poetry. There are organically updated folk genres in modern poetryfor children (praise, scarecrows, fables, nonsense, counters, patter, games) and newly created genres(poetry-pictures, tricks, coloring books, checks, stumbling blocks, therapeutic poems). The searchfor new forms of expression of idiosyncrasies of artists leads to the emergence of original genres.These have appeared as an original phenomenon in the Ukrainian literature of the early 21st centuryand offer a wide scope for further research.

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 153-164
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Ukrainian
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