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An important moment in Kotsiubynskyi's ideological and artistic evolution was the story &Lyalechka» (1901). During the 90s, the polemical orientation against folklore in his work became more and more noticeable.

In the story "Lialochka", the teacher Raisa Levytska experiences the collapse of folklore ideas, finds herself in a dead end from which she can no longer get out. Having first briefly outlined the history of the formation of Raisa's views, the writer traces the maturation of the heroine's spiritual crisis in the flow of her everyday life, cut off from the real people.