Зроблено спробу компаративного аналізу прототипових концептуаль-них схем ДУХОВНОСТІ як знакового феномену для формування естетич- ної платформи українського середньовіччя та романтизму. В основу аналізу покладено агіографічну літературну традицію (на прикладі твору Нестора) та петербурзький період творчості Тараса Шевченка (на прикладі поеми "Перебендя"). Порівняльний аспект застосовано з метою виокремлення спільних концептуальних засад у репрезентації образу та творчості духовного медіатора з позицій морально-етичних настанов.
The Christian views of Taras Shevchenko are a part of creativity that can not be represented comprehensively without comparing with artistic patterns of the most theocentric-oriented literature - the original literature of Kievan Rus. Consequently, the concept of the spiritual personality of Taras Shevchenko, embodied in the form of "Perebendya", seems to us close to the existence of Christian ideas about the moral ideal of holiness in hagiography, in particular, "The Life of Theodosius of the Pechersk" of Nestor. The construction of a prototype conceptual scheme involves the use of conceptual analysis of a number of images, united by a general conceptual referent, that is, images in which the king of purpose is structu&red by the same concept. The Christian principles in the case of Theodosius of Pechersk and Taras Shevchenko became the basis for understanding the historical existence. We should note that both the founders of Ukrainian literature was paramount to p&ortray the full potential of a spiritual person, and if the literary tradition of the Middle Ages chosen conceptual dominant Holiness, the 20-30 years of the ХІХth century witnessed the search for the ideal image of the past and the trend of national& singer for whom spirituality was, first queue, in the freedom of the CREATIVITY, glorifying the heroic past. Given prototype conceptual approach to the analysis of works of Theodosius of the Pechersk and Shevchenko, we noticed a common conceptual re&ferent - spiritual and conceptual representation scheme have its adjacent character.Such a community of concepts in the mental expression of the vital position of the Russian scribe and the image of Perebendya is observed in the following dominant: P&RAYER ? KNOWLEDGE / WELLNESS - FAITH - BATTLE - SPOUSE - LOVE TO GOD - SELF LIFE - CREATIVITY - MORALITY.
