«WOMAN ’S WRITING » IN MARIA MATIOS ’ NOVEL «FOUR SEASONS OF LIFE »

Abstract

The article focuses on the peculiarities of «woman’s writing» in the Ukrainian literature. The problem of woman’s existence in Maria Matios’ novel «Four Seasons of Life» has been investigated. The author’s prose is distinguished by features of «woman’s writing»: interest to the woman’s ego; using of such literary genres as diary, confession, psychological exploration, anthem, ode; presence of the authorial comments; narration in the first person etc. The shining example of this writing is philosophical and psychological novel «Four Seasons of Life», that includes four woman’s individual stories. But the titles of the chapters combine them into the integral composition representing one day of the woman’s life. The author is in search of understanding the causes of tragic woman’s unsettled being. The specifics of woman’s existence are marked by the variety of symbolic expressions: beloved woman, woman-keeper, woman-victim, lonely woman.