Metasystem of modern children’s literature of Kryvorizhzya

Abstract

The attempt is made to research the metasystem of the modern children’s literature in Kryvyi Rih. The article notes that works of fiction are an important constituent of the artistic life of Ukraine for children of different historical and cultural zones. The artistic heritage of Kryvyi Rih artists working for children contributes to the formation of aesthetic tastes, moral and ethical basis of the young readers. The thematic and artistic level, technical and illustrative design of the books take into account the criterion of age relevance of the target audience. The characters of most works are children with whom it is possible to self-identify recipients. The metasystem of children’s literature of Kryvyi Rih is identified to be formed on the basis of artistic, pedagogical, psychological components; it has technical design and visual content that correspond to the age characteristics of the readers. Preschoolers and junior schoolchildren are mostly addressed to the poetry and fairy tales of a small volume (I. Dolennyk “Swings”, M. Oleksienko “At the melon field”, N. Yolkina “Clear sun”, etc.). The alphabets of N. Plakushcha, M. Skiba, O. Starikov and others play an important role in enriching the life experience of young readers of this age. Some of these publications have a specific design concept of creative and modeling nature. They are characterized by a peculiar speech: there are many affectionate words, repetitions, onomatopoeia and a lot of personified images. The works written for children of primary school reveal various aspects of friendship, contain pictures of adventures, mischief, entertainment and fantastic travel. As a result of the analysis, it was defined that poems, fairy tales, stories, legends are popular with secondary school age children in the regional children’s literature (collections of V. Halekh “Fairy Tales of Forgotten Mysteries”, V. Sychov “Laughter”, etc.). The emotional and semantic content of these works corresponds to the readers’ motivations of teenagers, the specifics of their receptive activity.