Symbolika bohaterów w powieści Wałerija Szewczuka Dom na wzgórzu (Дiм на горi)
Symbolism of the Protagonists of Valery Shevchuk’s Book House on the Hill

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the text is an analyze of symbolism of the protagonists of Valery Shevchuk’s book House on the hill. Protagonists were personified with certain cosmic forces (the cosmic elements) and they are part of a large, time-space novel’s structure. The space in the novel is divided by the opposition running on the line up – down. The example of that novel shows, how the cultural categories are reflected in the literature and how they determine the structure of literary narrative. The symbolism of the elements connected to mythological and folkloric thinking, and describe reality in terms of sacrum.

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