Mythologems of the House and Road as Structural Components of the Creation of Female Images in Ukrainian Chimerical Prose

Abstract

The purpose of the article was to ascertain the role of the mythological house and road when creating female images in Ukrainian chimerical prose. The material of the study was the roman-ballad House on the Hill by V. Shevchuk (1983), the duology of V. Zemlyak’s Swan Flock (1971) and Green Mills (1976), the novel by V. Iavorivskii Look Back in Autumn (1979) and the duology Stars and Herrings and On the Bright Stars (1979) by V. Miniailo. The methods of research are determined by the purpose of the work. The leading is the mythological method, which allows you to identify the originality of life myths in literary works. The work uses elements of the cultural-historical method, as well as the traditional contextual one. As a result of the study, we have come to the following conclusions: often mythological house and roads are associated with hope, faith, lost love, expectation. By creating female images, the writers of Ukrainian chimerical prose, in addition to emotionality and intuitive knowledge, give them masculine features – courage, self-sufficiency, and confidence regarding the chosen path.