The Category of the Transcendental in the Ukrainian Postmodern Novel

Abstract

The forms of artistic embodiment of aspects of the category of the transcendent in the texts of Ukrainian postmodernists are the focus of this article which are studied through the analysis of the characters’ worldview, the identification of dominants and meanings of human existence, and the correlation of the vision of the category of the transcendent in the novels with modern spiritual concepts. The most striking authorial concepts of the transcendental in Ukrainian postmodern prose refer to the relationship between the human and divine planes of existence, the mechanisms of transforming inspiration into a literary text, the irrational nature of creativity, the concept of reincarnation, ritual as a way of accessing the realm of the transcendental and the understanding of «nothing» concept.