The problem of conceptual and stylistic analysis of Taras Shevchenko poetry as an elite strong linguistic Ukrainian personality is described in the article. This approach can be used in the formation of Ukrainian language competence. It is stressed that the phenomenon of Taras Shevchenko’s genius is still not deciphered, it encourages researchers to a new reading of the creativity of his talents, in-depth understanding of his role as a prominent figure of Ukrainian literature and language, culture, history, and philosophy, because Taras Shevchenko was not only the founder of modern Ukrainian literature and literary language, which is still called modern, but was also a great defender of the idea of national revival of everything Slavic, was ready to stand up for each person of any nationality who does good to other people. The general notion of lexeme-ethnonym Ukraine that arises from Taras Shevchenko’s poetic language creativity is a concept (logical constant), and also word images, discourses and texts, in which it is referred to. Therefore, Ukraine is a key dominant of the poet’s language consciousness and structural-art paradigm of his poetry that reveals the deeper meaning of the poetic attitude, perception and worldview. As the meaningful core of Ukraine the concept of Ukraine is the syncretic polysyllabic word image – the carrier of historiosophical, natiosophical signs of ethnicity and historical and cultural memory. In this semantically versatile word image appears Ukraine in Taras Shevchenko’s works, in conjunction with his political, religious, moral, ethical and aesthetic views, intellectual evolution in the course of life. Taras Shevchenko consciously treated the creation of the new Ukrainian literature and language. His art works, paintings, diaries and letters show that he had studied all his life and anywhere he was, he willingly communicated with intelligent and decent people, regardless of nationality, especially with educated countrymen. He was looking for a spark of God that will develop cultural forces to the future liberation of Ukrainian people. He used his visits to Ukraine to meet personally with writers, scientists, known landowners, industrialists, to recall the past glory, the modern troubles and needs of conscious reasonable work for the future benefit of Ukraine.
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