The Author’s Game With the Reader as a Way of Dramatizing the Feuilleton Genre in the Work Olena Pchilka
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The article talks about insufficient attention of researchers to the feuilleton genre, which traditionally belongs to journalism, since the well-known discourse is rooted in the history of modern European periodicals. Meanwhile, the obvious transitivity is being overlooked (liminality) of the feuilleton, its flexible ability to migrate towards fiction. It is proposed to deepen the discourse on the national tradition, folk laughter culture and the School Theater. The feuilleton genre in the work of Olena Pchilka demonstrates exactly this depth of discourse. Despite the great popularity of the name, the work of this writer is known fragmentarily, only for poetry, prose and drama, selectively published in Soviet times. For the first time, the main object on the research was the feuilleton work of Olena Pchilka, presented on the pages of the magazine "Native Land", of which she was the editor for almost a decade (and if you count the editorship of Gazeta Gadyatsky Zemstwo, then for more than ten years). In this weekly newspaper, Olena Pchilka created the column "Tereveni", adding the clarification: "Like a feuilleton", that is, she filled it exclusively with feuilleton, creating a separate pseudonym for them – Someone. The genre-creating feature of feuilleton is the exciting game between two constantly present characters – the Author (a male character, journalist profession) and the Reader, a resident of either a farm or a city, always Kyiv. Dialogues between these virtual characters give feuilletons features of dramatic action, funny scenes from the culture life of the capital are played out, witty and acutely relevant. The playful nature of feuilletons is based on deep folklore traditions (Olena Pchilka’s article "Ukrainian Humor"). The following definition of the feuilleton genre of Olena Pchilka is offered: it is a short epic-dramatic genre using role-playing characters and humor, intended for active communication of a virtual author with a virtual reader.
Author: M. Moklytsia
Institution: Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405913327