INTIMATE AND PERSONAL CODES OF EPISTOLARY OF THE INTELLECTUALS OF THE LATE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURIES

Abstract

This article analyses intimate and personal discourse of epistolary of the intellectuals of the late XIX – early XX centuries in terms of semotic approach. It defines that letters contain various ideas, motives, subjects, which are characterized by inner plot. It analyses notebook letters, ode letters, and application letters. The letters demonstrate moral and philosophical, merry and melancholy coloration, which is rooted in literary tradition, daily life and culture of Ukrainian nobility.