Львівська казкарська традиція в постатях і текстах

The article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of the Lviv fairy tale tradition through the prism of the figures of famous writers and their works. The anthology "Tales of the Old Lion" (2003) and the collection "Tales from Lviv" (1999) by Igor Kalynets were selected for literary analysis. Both publications are a rich source for studying fairy tales of past eras, as well as the genre-stylistic and poetic-narrative features of modern fairy tale creation. The purpose of this investigation is to introduce the genre form of the author's fairy tale into the scientific literary discourse as a new genre of children's literature, considering it in the context of new fairy tales. Results. The study of the genre form of the fairy tale has theoretical foundations in the literary works of O. Dybovska, N. Horbach, O. Gorbonos, V. Kyzylova, G. Sabat, N. Tykholoz and others, whose works serve as a basis for scientific exploration. The latest studies by V. Kyzylova, devoted to the genre and thematic diversity of modern Ukrainian children's literature, deserve special attention. According to the researcher, "in recent decades, the thematic groups of the author's fairy tale have been enriched with new texts, where the genre content has undergone changes, modifications in connection with internal literary and external (historical, social, artistic) factors; new thematic directions have also appeared, which modern authors of fairy tales for children resort to understanding" (Kyzylova, 2024: 167). The research methodology uses the method of analysis; cultural-historical, historical- literary, descriptive and contextual research methods are also used. The synthesis of this scientific toolkit contributes to the study of genre forms of children's literature. The scientific novelty of the article is an attempt to analyze children's works by Igor Kalynets as author's fairy tales, an original genre form in modern children's literature. Conclusions. The context of the Lviv fairy tale is illustrated by interesting personalities, and the author's fairy tales by Igor Kalynets are analyzed. The article also traces the development of the genre form of the fairy tale itself from the literary (XIX - XX centuries) to the modern author's fairy tale at the turn of the XX - XXI centuries.