A True Image of a Life Path and Creative Way of I. P. Kotlyarevskiy’s Drama­Dilogy “Steppe Eagle” by O.Chuhuy

The aim of this study is to examine some of the problematic issues associated with drama-dilogy by O. Chuhuy “Steppe eagle”. Research methodology. Despite the fact that literary work of O. P. Chuhuy has already become an object of scientific research by A. Novikov, T. Kononchuk, T. Virchenko and others, the drama portrait still remains unnoticed by literary critics. The aim of the author’s study is an attempt to analyze the chosen type of biographical work which requires keeping a specific filling of measure while using the latest material and fiction. The special aspects of using biographical material in the literary work of O. P. Chuhuy, in particular when creating the images of H. Skovoroda, V. Karazin, O. Kurbas, V. Ivasiuk and others are surveyed in the article. Results. The main attention is concentrated on analyzing the bibliographical portrait of I. P. Kotlyarevskiy, the famous of the new Ukrainian literature, created by O. P. Chuhuy in his play “Steppe eagle” (which appeared in 2012), reflecting his versatile activities aimed at defending the rights of the Ukrainian people for their identity, realizing cultural and enlightenment process in their mother tongue. The author demonstrates a high mastery of the author in plot creating, in building up characters, very often by just a few phrases, making up monologues and dialogues, independent of space and time, for that matter, in widely using folklore. The important role of drama portrait for achieving the genre diversity of the authors plays is emphasized. The above works by O. P. Chuhuy testify to complete the mastery of biographical genre in the process of drama reflection of the reality, great mastery of using techniques and means of poetics, in particular, when choosing conflicts and characters capable of fighting either to a complete victory or failure, achieving maximal tension, unity and concentration of action, expressive psychological characteristics. Novelty. Thanks to these special aspects of the play I. P. Kotlyarevskiy as a personality is shown multi-faceted and attractive way so typical of him, closely connected with social and political events of that time, in particular, with the Decembrist community and national liberation movement. That is why, the drama portrait created by O. P. Chuhuy in “Steppe eagle” maybe used not only by the teachers of higher and secondary schools, but also by all who admires and masters of literature, music and theatre and hence is worth of being staged by th