Between avangard and humanism: Towards understanding the poetry by Mykola Khvylovyi.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the poetic work of Mykola Khvylovyi, one of the leaders of the literary generation of the 1920s. Typically, the poetry of the writer in the national literary criticism is consistently ignored, although in the context of the poetic generation of the 1920s Khvylovyi seems to be a rather bright poet who opened his own original ways along with such masters as P. Tychyna, V. Sosiura, M. Yogansen, and others. The article analyzes the leading motifs of lyric poetry and lyric poetry by Mykola Khvylovyi. There is also an attempt to track the formation of literary consciousness of the writer. The article is a kind of attempt to actualize the poetry of Khvylovy in the minds of the present reader and simply a manifestation of the author's consistent gratitude for everything that the writer has done for the national culture.

The peculiarities of the implementation of the new morality of the 20-ies, including – in connection with the problem of the liberation of women, are analyzed. The article emphasizes the presence of internal contradictions in the work of Mykola Khvylovy (aporium). In particular, the features of urbanism / rusticism of the poet, which has been proven, is an indication of a deep nationality of the artist.