The Metamodernist Dimension of the Literary Screenplay “The Cherry Orchard...” (2008) and the Film “The Guide” (2014)
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https://doi.org/10.31861/pytlit2025.111.338Keywords:
“The Cherry Orchard...”, “The Guide”, metamodernism, metanarrative, literary screenplay, “new sincerity”, oscillation, immersivenessAbstract
The article attempts a comprehensive analysis of the literary screenplay “The Cherry Orchard...” (2008) by O. Sanin and I. Rozdobudko and its film adaptation – the film “The Guide” (2014) in the context of the aesthetic dominants of metamodernism. The attention is focused on identifying the key ideological and artistic foundations of the metamodern worldview, in particular, such as new sincerity, oscillation, personalism, immersiveness, as well as on identifying the leading metanarratives – national identity, historical memory and personal involvement of the individual in social and cultural transformations. The author’s concept evolved from the poetic code of Shevchenko’s text to a deeply personalised story of spiritual insight that comprehends the national tragedy through the prism of individual experience. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the characters of Ivan Kocherha and Peter Shemrok as carriers and translators of cultural memory, who appear as representatives of the existential search for meaning in the context of a historical catastrophe. It is noted that the script and the film function as examples of national cinema of the metamodern era, which synthesise documentary truth and artistic convention, emotional authenticity and symbolic versatility. Through the dialogic nature of the narrative, the appeal to archetypal images, the integration of national codes and the actualisation of traumatic historical experience, the works under study represent a new type of aesthetic reception that ensures a reflective understanding of the past and the formation of a modern identity. In this way, the film “The Guide” and its literary basis are considered as significant markers of the contemporary Ukrainian metamodern discourse, which contributes to the reconstruction of historical memory, humanistic guidelines, and national self-knowledge.
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