ELEMENTS OF NATURALISM IN THE STORY OF IVAN FRANKO “PURE RACE” AS A MEANS OF HIGHLIGHTING PROMLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

In the article the elements of naturalism in the story of Ivan Franko “The Pure Race”, the correspondence of the story to the fundamental dominants of naturalism are analyzed. Ivan Franko is considered the founder of naturalism in Ukrainian literature, playing a key role in the promotion and development of this field. Writer’s works such as “At the Bottom”, “ The Mission”, “Prison Sonnets” are recognized as analogues of the French version of naturalism. I. Franko resorted to naturalistic techniques also later with the aim of influencing the reader’s consciousness and invoking feedback. Therefore, it is necessary to study the manifestation of naturalism in the later works of Ivan Franko.
It is determined that among the naturalistic techniques applied by the writer are factography, a detailed description of everyday life, objective painting, depictions of a life as a document and frames from life, contrasting use of elements opposite to their ideological and aesthetic content. The writer tried to make the reader think about the problems of society, using the techniques of naturalism to achieve the effect of unexpected and shocking impression, which immediately forced to draw certain conclusions and change views.
The purpose of the techniques of naturalism used by a writer in the story is clarified – to illuminate the problems of international relations in Galicia’s society of that time and to try to get the reader to think about the problems of the society, draw conclusions and change views. It is determined that in the story naturalism is a part of the structure of Ivan Franko’s individual creative method. It is possible to assert the presence of naturalism in the structure of the individual creative method of Ivan Franko, which appeared in this story.