Kyrylenko N. I. Ethnic and psychological codes in the Mykola Inhranovskiy’s poetic texts

Abstract

In the article, the author analyzes the works of the poet of the 2nd half of the twentieth century Mykola
Vinhranovskiy, where the peculiarities of Ukrainian people mentality, the specific historical and human problems
are represented. The projection to modernity, the meaning for urgent requests, for present and future of the
«Філологічні трактати», Том 8, № 2 ' 2016 41
Ukrainian nation and Ukrainian people, in particular, are reflected in the historical novel "Severyn Nalivaiko"
and the poems "The Last Confession of Severyn Nalivaiko," "The Night of Ivan Bohun," "The Scythian Lullaby",
"The Demon," "The Prelude of Earth", "The Thirteenth Prelude", "The Great-Grandfather", "The Lament of
Yaroslavna", and etc. The author considers the originality of the poet’s interpretation of the ethnopsychological
codes of Ukrainian people and ethnic characteristics of heroes as the driving force of history. The author also
investigates the originality of author’s interpretation of history and its importance for the modern development of
the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people. Particular attention is paid to the conceptual theory of humanism
as the main national and psychological consciousness of the poet.
It is proved that ethnic psychological codes in the works of Mykola Vinhranovskiy are disclosed by the
individuals of the characters. The author summarizes the national character, gives a model of psychological type
of the Ukrainian and his concept of life, which is gaining worldwide. The historical events are shown through the
human histories and souls. It is also proved that M. Vinhranovskiy considers the real people, who express the
national self-identity, to be the creators of the history.