Nakties motyvas lietuvių vaikų poezijoje

Abstract

The article presents the expression of the night in the Lithuanian children's poetry. The poetry for children of A. Karosaitė, V. Palčinskaitė, R. Skučaitė, J. Degutytė, V. Kukulas, L. Degėsis, R. Šerelytė, M. Vainilaitis, L. Gutauskas, S. Geda and J. Erlickas is analysed. The motives of darkness and night are not predominant in the Lithuanian poetry for children, however, these motives are iterant. The stereotype concept of the darkness is characteristic, as well as dual manifestations of the light and darkness, the good and the evil. Images of the moon, stars, lullaby, dream, owl and a wing of a bird are recurrent. The article emphasises essential semantic strains of the night motive, presents their interpretation in the poetry for children, heightens the characteristics of poetics and considers the differences of expression of the night image in the adult and children's poetry. The concept of the night and peculiarities of perception in the consciousness of a child are based on the research presented by psychologists.