Шевченко, Тетяна МиколаївнаШевченко, Татьяна НиколаевнаShevchenko, Tetiana M.2018-09-192018-09-192018Проблеми сучасного літературознавства = The problems of contemporary literary studieshttps://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18802In the article mentative and narration features of O. Zabuzhko’s essays based on the example of the book «From the map of books and people» are analysed. Essay classification in works of modern Ukrainian writers in terms of narrative and mentative nature are determined. The conclusions are made about the role of narrative components in essay discursive practices, whose nature is mentative. Special features of a writer’s essay itself are outlined, since it becomes a platform for possible «prolongation» of artists’ fictional works, space for their pre-interpretation and re-interpretation.enmentativenarrationessaysclassificationreferenceментативнарративэссеистикаклассификацияреференцияментативнаративесеїстикакласифікаціяреференціяArticle