Cultural memory of Chornobyl in literature and fine arts (in case of a picturebook "The Flowers beside the Fourth Reactor" by K. Mikhalitsyna and paintings by M. Prymachenko)

Abstract

From the category “cultural memory”, the paper compares the works of different arts – a picturebook Kvity bilia chetvertoho (The Flowers beside the Fourth Reactor) by K. Mikhalitsyna and paintings of a representative of naive art, an artist M. Prymachenko. The paper explores the interaction of various arts based on Chornobyl’s issue within the comparative interpretation. The Flowers beside the Fourth Reactor by K. Mikhalitsyna narrates the life of M. Prymachenko and refers to her paintings devoted to Chornobyl. From the reception of fine arts, the writer’s picturebook raises verbilised and visualised issues of generations, memory, and nature conservation.