ARCHETYPE SUBSTRATUM AND POETICS OF REPETITION IN OLES ULIANENKO’S ZYMOVA POVIST

Abstract

Unlike many previous ones which contained authors’ socially conditioned interpretations of Oles Ulianenko’s works, the article suggests an original, poetically determined, psychoanalytical reading of Zymova povist. As a result, the conclusion is that in this short but aesthetically powerful work of fiction of unclear genre, plot and theme, the Ukrainian author offers a concentrated, concise presentation of polysemous and expressive archetype images, which are obviously connected with social-historical, moral-ethical, and philosophical subject matter which found its in-depth representation in his later literary work. Above all, however, in this particular work of fiction, Ulianenko depicts how death is defeated by repeated victory.