‘UKRAINIAN PALIMPSEST. OKSANA ZABUZHKO IN CONVERSATION WITH IZA HRUSLIN- SKA’ AS A META-GENRE TEXT IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF UKRAINIANS AND POLES

Abstract

The article raises the issue of meta-genre nature of documentary. In particular it analyses the book ‘Ukrainian palimpsest’, which employs elements of several genres.Based on external signs it is a conversation, the text comprises elements of autobiography, biography, history, philosophy, literature, and cultural studies, which allows a conclusion about meta-genre nature of this text. The book also reveals the key moments of Ukrainian-Polish cultural relations at autobiographical and historical levels.