The Phenomenon of Music in Literature (Music in the Metamorphoses of Good and Evil – on Daniel Pastircak's "Chintet")

The purpose of the article is to explore different literary interpretations (poetry and prose) from the point of view of the relationship between literature and music, the perception of musical phenomena as a possible means of interpretation and the use of such phenomena in teaching practice. Musical culture is an extremely complex phenomenon, in which aesthetic, psychological, social, communicative and other areas are intertwined. This versatility is associated with the special parameters of the impact of its background – music. The interaction of literature and music can be traced not only in the audio space of the former, but also in the use of various musical images, instruments, terminology, and musical rhythm in the artistic text. Scientific novelty consists in revealing various forms of musical imagery in D. Pastirchak’s poetic works. The following research methods were applied - cultural historical (to consider the genesis of musicality in D. Pastircak`s works), a theoretical method of analysis, procedural-structural, generalizing. Conclusions. It is proved that musical motives play an important role in building dynamic development and inner completeness, in revealing ideological and thematic content, serve as an expression of author’s intentions, are a kind of catalyst in expressing the ideas of the author, stimulate the reader’s perception. So, the works by D. Pastircak (in particular, the story “Chintet”) contain music that embraces peculiar characters and meaning. A deep analysis of such musical sounds makes it possible to identify various forms of musical imagery in the poetic world of the author