VISUALIZATION OF THE HERO IMAGE IN MODERN UKRAINIAN CULTURE: THE STATE OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Abstract

The purpose of the article is the analysis of the state of scientific development of the problem of the visualization of the hero image in Ukrainian culture.
Methodology of the research is based on the applying a historiographical analysis that helps to understand the main ideas and content of the Ukrainian researchers’ works who study this problematic.
Research results. The article underlines that despite the steady interest of Ukrainian authors in this issue over the past ten years, it still requires an in-depth and comprehensive analysis. It is proved that research is ongoing and the attention of scientists is drawn to various aspects of this issue: methods and technologies for visualizing heroic images; typologies of the latter; the influence of historical and socio-cultural factors on visual practices related to the representation of the pantheon of Ukrainian heroes; the dynamics of approaches to the choice of both Ukrainian heroes and their types, as well as to the ways of their visualization.
Scientific novelty. The article first examines the specifics of the Ukrainian-language scientific discourse that has formed around the problem of visualizing the image of the hero in contemporary Ukrainian culture. The analysis of the works of Ukrainian scholars over the past ten years shows a growing interest in the problem of visual representation of the heroic, which coincided with the first attempts to conceptualize the processes of visualization in the culture of independent Ukraine and the comprehension of the visual turn in culture and cultural discourse. The interest of researchers from various fields (cultural studies, film studies, art history, historians, etc.) in this topic demonstrates its interdisciplinary status, which opens up prospects for further in-depth study of this problematic.