V originále
Mynulo vže bìl’še desjaty rokìv vìdtodì, jak «Depeš Mod» (2004) Serhìja Žadana poznajomyv nas ìz molodym pokolìnnjam zbenteženych charkìv’jan, duševno travmovanych ì nevpevnenych u svojemu ìsnuvannì, a tomu nedyvno, ščo lìteratura peršoho desjatylìttja CHCHÌ stolìttja vìdìjšla vìd toji hrajlyvostì j eksperymental’nostì, molod’ projšla pevnymy deformacìjamy, vìdmovyvšys’ vìd postìjnych vteč ì podorožej ta usvìdomyvšy važlyvìst’ prohovorennja travm. A vìdtak zmìnylysja holovnì heroji romanìv s’ohodennja, vony vse bìl’še zvertajut’sja do mynuloho, ščob pereosmyslyty ta zrozumìty cej svìt, ale, možlyvo, vony šče ne prypynyly svoji pošuky, jim šče potrìbno projty nastupnyj šljach samopìznannja, ščob zupynytysja ta povnìstju vyznačyty svoju ìdentyčnìst’. A vìdtak podìji na perelomì CHCH ì CHCHÌ stolìt’ vìdobražajut’sja v ukrajins’kìj lìteraturì ì s’ohodnì. Na prykladì kìl’koch romanìv my rozhljanemo svìt molodoho ukrajincja u postkomunìstyčnìj nezaležnìj Ukrajinì.
In English
It has been more than ten years since Serhiy Zhadan's Depeche Mode (2004) introduced us to a young generation of embarrassed Kharkivites, mentally traumatized and insecure, and it is not surprising that the literature of the first decade of the 21st century has departed from that playfulness and experimental, young people went through certain deformations, giving up constant escapes and travel and realizing the importance of speaking injuries. And so the main characters of today's novels have changed, they are increasingly turning to the past to rethink and understand this world, but perhaps they have not stopped their search, they still need to go the next way of self-knowledge to stop and fully define their identity. And so the events at the turn of the XX and XXI centuries are reflected in Ukrainian literature today. On the example of several novels, we will consider the world of a young Ukrainian in post-communist independent Ukraine.