In the article the titles of Olga Kobylyanska's small prose through the prism of a cognitive- pragmatic aspect are described. As a first
In the article the titles of Olga Kobylyanska's small prose through the prism of a cognitive- pragmatic aspect are described. As a first representative of a work the title is of great importance, because it carries encoded informa- tion, adjusts the reader to the theme, idea and rhyme of the work, creates a background for his perception. The relevance of the artic- le is determined by the need of further in-depth study of Olga Ko- bylyanskaya idiostyle in order to form a cognitive-pragmatic conc- eption of the writer's artistic discourse. The novelty of scientific exploration is conditioned by the fact that the titles of Olga Kobylyanska's works of small prose, written at the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries, have not yet been the subject of analysis. The purpose of the article is to analyze the titles – ordinary signs of Olga Kobylyanska's works. Research methods. In the article as the main general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis are used, as well as linguistic – method of linguistic observation, descriptive and structural methods. Conclusions. Among the names of Olga Kobylyanskaya's small prose works there are three types of titles: ordinary signs, complicated signs, figurative signs. Usually, the name of a work depends on the type of information presented in it, on the form in which the author wanted to express a particular opinion – explicitly or implicitly. Among the names of the works – the usual signs we highlight a group motivat- ed by the social origin of the main characters: "The Beggar", "The Aristocrat", "The Villein". Some titles of the works indicate the time and place of action, thus implementing the idea of chronotope: "In St. Ivan", "Time", "Bank rusticalnyi". We distinguish a series of works in which the titles indicate the object of lyric hero admira- ration: "Roses", "What I loved", "Poets".
