HEROIC MYTH IN THE WORKS OF SOVIET CHILDREN’S WRITERS

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to identify and further analyze the phenomenology and content-plot side of Soviet neomythology, embodying the archetype of the hero-victim in the textual materials of artistic poetry and prose for children, as well as the means used for this embodiment. Methodology. The method or methodology of doing the work. In the course of the work, the method of text analysis, content analysis, cross-factor analysis of the material of a number of sources was used according to parameters that have their own content, significant for achieving the goal stated in the study. Results. The article analyzes the structure and pragmatics of the ideologically oriented Soviet neo-myth. Particular attention was paid to the analysis of such categories as the sacralization and instrumentalization of the created mythological material, the inherent characterological features and features of the created image, which make it possible to characterize the characters created by different children’s writers as fighters, as heroes, as sacred victims. According to the results of the study, the features of the heroic character of childhood, his sacrifice and immortality, formed by the myth in the mass public perception, are identified and analyzed. In conclusion, a number of pragmatic aspects of operating the cultural image of a child-hero and a child-victim from the side of ideology, patriotic education with the help of emotions and moods of society are considered. Practical implications. The results of the study can be applied in the field of cultural studies, philosophy of culture, philosophy of literature to analyze effective and ineffective in the field of educating an active citizen and patriot through artistic techniques. The results of the analysis are acutely relevant, since modern Russian culture needs effective tools for civic and patriotic education.