Comparison and contrast. Oliinyk Kateryna 

The articles related to the problem of ‘form’ and ‘contents’ have been published during the literary discussion of 1925-1927 in Ukraine. The leaders of the debates – artists community “VAPLITE” and Russian formalists despite their difference had a lot in common. This circumstance require our further attention. First of all, members of both circles insisted on the separation of the literary studies to a particular science. On the other hand, throughout the interchange of perspectives, the fellows of “VAPLITE” kept the idea of attraction the biographic and psychological methods for analyzing text. In contrast to the Ukrainian artists the Russian ones protested against any unliterary background in their studies. However, the fellows of “VAPLITE” adopted formalists’ set of instruments. The main point of Russian artists was the rejection of the usual ‘form-and-content’ opposition; the Ukrainian scientists accented on this likewise. So, to mind the whole context of literary studies development in the 20-ies of the past century, both formalists and the fellows of “VAPLITE” should be taken into account.