ECOLOGICAL ASPECT IN THE PROBLEMS OF URBAN FAIRY TALES BY ZIRKA MENZATYUK (BASED ON THE COLLECTION "A THOUSAND UMBRELLAS")

The article based on the material of Zirka Menzatyuk's collection "A Thousand Umbrellas" analyzes the role of the ecological component in the problems of urban fairy tales. The tale "How the bus traveled", the plot of which is built as a story about the journey of a personalized image of the bus, is notable for its expressive cognitive purpose. From an ecological point of view, the real topos of Kolomyia, Prut, and the imaginary routes of the old bus are also important. Landscape sketches organically present the rich flora and fauna of the Carpathians, the features of the local relief. The plot of the literary tale "Fair" is based on the common motif of "bread from a bunny", whose roots are in ancient Ukrainian customs. The author demonstrates that relationships in the animal world are the same as in humans. A miracle as an element of a girl's adventure moves the plot of the fairy tale "A Thousand Umbrellas" in an unusual direction. The important things in the composition are the world of wildlife, the theme of love and respect for it as well as ecological interactions. In the problems of the fairy tale "Cyclamen" the motive of love for living nature, the motive of unity of everything, the motive of magical transformation, the motive of the importance of joint efforts are intertwined. The story organically combines the mythological image of the house, intertextual connections and natural knowledge. The fairy tale "Three Days of the Old Year" is seen as a kind of emphasis on the main idea of the collection: we must believe in a miracle - and it will come. The cognitive-ecological aspect of a fairy tale is to understand the importance of natural objects in our lives