ARTISTIC SELF-REFLECTION AS THE MECHANISM OF LITERATURE SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSITIONAL ARTISTIC THINKING

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INTRODUCTION The literary self-reflection is a universal mechanism traditionalizing the achievements of literature, renewing the artistic paradigm, and at the same time it is a perspective of comprehension of cultural crises and aesthetic changes. The coverage of this phenomenon in the Modern and Postmodern literature allows choosing it as a consideration aspect of the dynamics and vectors of literary search, especially in the transitional epochs, marked by the change of ideological and aesthetic guidelines as well as established scientific reception methods of art Writer’s self-knowledge is closely connected with the complex of global philosophical, cultural and aesthetic problems; it reflects the changes of world images, human concepts and the dynamics of artistic thinking types. The unceasing process of meta-description in literature has some insufficiently studied rhythms, forms and strategies, the definition and description of which is a relevant problem, becoming more acute at the crucial stages of literature development. Self-reflection acquired a distinctive intensity in the 20 century that allowed R. Barthes to characterize this period as “an age of reflections on what is literature”. The process covered many national literatures and was reflected in well-known works, acknowledged as the classics of the 20 century. As stated by O. Keba, the landmark works of the 20 century were written according to “a meta-textual pattern, characterized by the framework narratives and narrators’ attempts to comprehend the essence of the narration, the specifics of the storytelling process itself and its impact on listeners”.