THE BESTIARY CODE IN HALYNA PAHUTIAK’S MILLENARIAN MYTHOLOGY

Abstract

The paper analyzes the correlation of the bestiarial images and the mythologem of the Golden Age in H. Pahutiak’s novel “The Master” and the fairy-tale “The Escape of the Animals, or the New Bestiary”. It highlights the peculiarities of the embodiment of the Noble Savage archetype in both literary works. The paper characterizes the specifics of the author’s myth making and the interpretation of the traditional mythological images and motifs.