Духовна естафета поколінь: творчість Тараса Шевченка в літературно-критичному осмисленні Івана Франка

In this article the hereditary connection between Taras Shevchenko and Ivan Franko’s creative work is studied in Ukrainian literary tradition discourse. Through the prism of Franko’s literary and critical reception of T. Shevchenko’s creative work the causes of coincidences and differences in the ideas and aesthetic conceptions of both writers are determined. The author of the article proves the existance of the indissoluble connection between the different literature generations’ representatives on the idea and content levels, as well as on the formal and aesthetic level. The importance of T. Shevchenko and I. Franko’s creative heritage for Ukrainian culture and literature is also evaluated.