Літературознавча рецепція творчості Лесі Українки ювілейного 1971-го: часопис «Визвольний шлях»

The aim of the article is to analyze the specifics of the literary reception of Lesya Ukrainka’s work of the jubilee year of 1971 on the pages of the journal «The Path of Freedom». The research methodology is based on a cultural-historical approach, which recreates an objective picture of the literary reception of Lesya Ukrainka’s work in the diaspora. Given the specifics of the material for analysis, elements of a comparative approach were used. Research results. The publication emphasizes the opposing ideological platform of Soviet and diaspora literary studies. The specifics of literary studies publications dedicated to the work of Lesya Ukrainka, the anniversary of 1971 in the journal «The Path of Freedom» are haracterized. The importance of the socio-political component of the publication explains the attention to ideological accents in the issues of publications. Some of the articles are reprints of well-known studies by M. Zerov, D. Dontsov, E. Malanyuk andR. Zadesnyanskyi. Therefore, research attention is directed to articles that were first published in this journal. In particular, the study by O. Voropai is characterized as a review article, which emphasizes the leading motifs of the writer's work. The problematic and thematic aspects of literary studies by R. Kukhar and D. Koziy are outlined. The continuity of the ideological reading of Lesya Ukrainka's dramatic poem «Orgy» in Olena Zvychaina's article «Chorus of Panegyrists» is noted. S. Naumovych's study «Lesya Ukrainka and Marcel Proust» is of a comparative nature. The problematic and thematic features of poetic works dedicated to Lesya Ukrainkaare also characterized. The conclusions emphasize the diversity of the reception of Lesya Ukrainka's work indiaspora literary studies.