VITAISTIC COMPONENT OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY «DID NOT UNDERSTAND» BY DMYTRO MARKOVYCH

Abstract

The article emphasizes the priority problems of the rural intellectuals at the turn of the XIX–XX centuries in the Ukrainian drama. The vitaistic component of the characters in the play «Did not understand» by D. Markovych is analyzed. The attention is given to the prototype of the protagonist and the joint range of problems in the abovementioned play and the drama «Оver the Dnieper» by І. Karpenko-Kary. An assumption about the role of feminism in the creation of the image of the main heroine is made.