GENERAL TRENDS OF THE LITERARY PROCESS: THEORETICAL ASPECT

In the article the attempt is made to present general tendencies of the literary process in the theoretical aspect, based on the research of modern scholars. The definition of outlined components of the literary process and the factors that affect its evolution are suggested. At the same time, the concept of the literary process is illuminated: allocation of the verbal art of a syncretic of mythological and folk art, the loss of anonymity writing, strengthening the dialogue art of thinking, the formation of personal, individual authorship, the weakening of canonicity in genre creation (evolution from folk epic to the novel), the formation of psychological and socio-historical specificity (realism) is an artistic exploration of life. It is proved that the evolving according to its internal laws the literature included in the overall socio-cultural paradigm, and its steady course of the extra literature factors as philosophical, ideological, sociological, psychological are determined. At the same time, the angles of the multifaceted connection of literature with the historical process was shown. The article focused on the value side of the literary process, as the interaction of literature with cultural, linguistic, ideological, scientific phenomena, as well as with other types of art. Theoretical developments on the role of the national system in it involved to understand the literary process in the analysis of the problem in the field of research. First of all clarified its characteristics, the factors that shape the national literature, and identifies typological framework structure of national literature. The article also revealed the specifics of the Ukrainian mentality, archetypes of the nation and the concept of a typical image is embodied in Ukrainian writing.