Поетика світла в новелістиці Михайла Коцюбинського

Abstract

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky’s innovative novellas are distinguished by his original colors which gave the appropriate response to the European trend, realized in the “visualization madness”. The images created by the writer represent achievements of visual culture appealing by their effects of synesthesia and are suitable for recoding within other fields of art, different from literature. Hence the numerous inspirations with Kotsiubynsky’s works realized in painting, cinema, music or theater. The novelty in the field of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky’s poetics lies in the combination of three factors. First, it is a habit of perceiving the world through visual images: already as a child, Kotsiubynsky loved juicy and delicate colors, and associated his emotions and feelings with a certain visual background. Second, color and light play a key role in the presentation of the internal state and the sensitivity of his characters. Third, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky does not reduce visuality to the context of landscape, although he loves landscape descriptions. It also includes musical effects, dance dynamics and rhythm, the delight of scents and flavors, etc.