摘要：The article introduces and investigates the concept of a “text-transform” based on the novel and shortnovel plots of the drama works of the Ukrainian dramatists of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. The texttransform is defined as a message by a different author,with a different structure,different code,composition,and fable,sometimes,with a different system of images. This research paper also looks at the different levels of transformations: dramatisation,adaptation,and creation of a play,based on a literary work. The early 20th century sees actualisation of the strategy of transformed communication,when in the process of transformation of the narrative elements,dramatists exploit the strategy of preservation,shortening,expanding,and changing text blocks. It is determined by the theatre-specific process and pragmatic orientation on the stage performance. Meanwhile,extension and changes that a text-reference is subject to are aimed to explicate and intensify the current and preserved relationships between characters in texttransforms.
