The New People in the Ukrainian Literature of the 1920s–1930s

This study seeks to systematize and summarize three models of the image of a new person in Ukrainian literature of the 1920s and 1930s. Ideas for semiotics and the link between sociocultural change and the change in character type in literature have been the intellectual support of this research. This made it possible to describe three types of characters in Ukrainian literature of the 1920s and 1930s. The first is a mythological hero who faithfully serves ideology, ready to perform f or its own sake. This type of character will spread not only in literature, but throughout the culture of the Soviet Union. The second type of character is the Faustian man. This is a character who is dramatically frustrated with the ideas and ideals of the revolution, who does not believe in social change and finds itself on the sidelines of life. Writers, in order to portray such a character, resort to artistic techniques of impressionism, realism, expressionism. The third type of character is an ironic character. It is a small man depicted by means of irony, satire, allegories in the original genre of Ukrainian literature – a smile.

Romanenko O. V. The New People in the Ukrainian Literature of the 1920s–1930s. From Rhetorical Communication to a Situation of Real Dialogue The Experience of Literary Reflection at the Beginning of the XX Century. 2020. P. 37–53. URL: https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-588-50-1/37-53