Mythologems of Primordial Elements in the Novel “Yuliia’s and Herman’s Dreams” by Halyna Pahutiak

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to characterize the peculiarities of resemantizing mythologems of primordial elements in H. Pahutiak’s literary work. The specific features of the author’s mythological thinking in the novel “Yuliia’s and Herman’s dreams” manifest themselves in transforming cosmogonic and eschatological myths; in using oneiric techniques for actualizing the archetypal images representing the mythologems of primordial elements; in broadening the semantic coverage of these images by adding occasional meanings to traditional ones.