THE METHOD OF SLOW READING AS THE MAIN METHOD OF EDUCATIONAL ANALYSIS OF VASILY STEFANYK'S NOVELS

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to interpret Vasyl Stefanyk's work from the standpoint of new methodological and methodical approaches. Using the example of the writer's short story "Stone Cross", the method of slow reading is proposed as the main method of educational analysis of this work in the system of school and university education. Using the synthesis of scientific methodology (hermeneutic, philological, linguistic, etc.), the results of the research are proven, the main of which are: understanding the text, the ability to analyze it, and the ability to create a text. As the author of the article convinces, cognitive and educational processes for both pupils and students are laid down in this triad during the slow reading of the "Stone Cross". They allow a deeper understanding of Vasyl Stefanyk's unique work and at the same time learn about the ways of its ideological and aesthetic expression. In general, the method of slow reading of an artistic text, in the researcher's opinion, is the most optimal in identifying and perceiving the artistic features of works of literature, it contributes to their aesthetic mastery slowing down the pace of analysis of their content and form-creating fullness. Scientific novelty of the study: for the first time, Vasyl Stefanyk's work "Stone Cross" was analyzed from new methodological and methodical positions, a view of the analysis of the entire work of the classic writer was projected in this way. The practical significance of the article is that its results can be used by teachers in secondary and higher schools when analyzing the works of the Ukrainian novelist.