TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL NARRATIVES IN UKRAINIAN STAND-UP (USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF NASTYA ZUKHVALA, ANTON TYMOSHENKO, VASYA BAYDAK AND SERHIY LIPKO)

Abstract

The article examines the transformation of socio-cultural narratives in modern Ukrainian stand-up using the
work of Nastya Zukhvala, Anton Tymoshenko, Vasyl Baydak, and Serhiy Lipko as an example. The author analyzes
how comedians adapt global stand-up practices to local conditions, integrating personal experience, social events, and
the military context into their material. It is shown that humor in modern Ukrainian stand-up plays a multifunctional
role: psycho-emotional support for the audience, critical rethinking of social and political reality, consolidation of social
experiences, and the formation of new cultural meanings. It examines how the creative practice of comedians reflects
changes in cultural values, forms a «comic self», and contributes to the development of national identity and cultural
resistance in conditions of military conflict.