Tsurkan Igor. Ornithomorphic symbols in the creation of Oleksandr Oles and european symbolists

Abstract

The article is devoted the symbolism of birds which became the inalienable constituent of the original creation
of European symbolists of the end XIX to beginning XX of the century on the background of the European
tendencies. Oleksandr Oles and European symbolists brought the idea of the “inner individual”. They revolted
against the world and the public and government norms. The originality of the system of the artistic images,
motives, spirits, rhythm and melodic absorbed the powerful lyricism of the poets’ sensitive soul. The creativity of
Oleksandr Oles, European symbolists are marked by the influence of the romantic poetics. The most important
component of which was the lyrical mood and the melodiousness of the phrases, that created the individual image
of the spiritual being on the way to the beauty and dream.
That’s why the purpose of this article is the revelation the images of birds, which creates the metaphorical
universe, filled with symbols of the human existence. Obtaining the purpose envisages to investigate functioning of
the symbols of birds in the poetry of Oleksandr Oles, European symbolists and to reveal its realization in the
authors’ interpretations. The methods of the research is based on the main principles of the philological analysis
of the text. The determined tasks foresee the use of elements of comparative and hermeneutic analysis as a general
interpretation of literary texts.