No. 102 (2026): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Literary theory

CONTEMPORARY LITERARY TENDENCIES: SHIFT OF CULTURAL PARADIGMS OR THE HETEROCHRONY OF CONCEPTUAL FILTERS

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  • Yuliya Dmytrivna Kriukova
Yuliya Dmytrivna Kriukova
Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32999/ksu2663-2691/2026-102-4

Published 2026-04-28

Keywords

  • Premodernism, Modernism, Postmodernism, Metamodernism, culture, literature, linearity, rhizome
  • Домодерн, Модерн, Постмодерн, Метамодерн, культура, література, ризома, лінійність
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Abstract

The given paper puts forward a reconceptualization of Literary Studies domain as meta-space where different theoretical and historical paradigms do not exclude one another but produce a holistic conceptual field of interaction. Purpose. The aim of the study is to substantiate the claim that the current state of Literary Studies should function in the consolidative mode not differentiative in order to overlay analytical conceptual perspectives. To become an integrative meta-space that functions at the intersection of various cultural-historical regimes. Methods of the investigation are formed as a complex set of analysis and synthesis while reviewing the relevant literature, the comparative-typological method used to establish similarities and differences of the linear and rhizomatic thinking pattern development. Structural, method of deconstruction, and cultural approach are combined to characterize the contemporary domain of Literary Studies as polycentric and interdisciplinary area. Results. Literary challenges are connected with present day multi-temporal perspective. Contemporary trends in Literary Studies is a kind of distinctive response to this polyphonic situation that has emerged. It should move from rigid historical periodization and fixed epochal frameworks to the interpretive paradigm that makes possible the perception of any paradigm not as separate entities but as dynamic interaction. In the course of investigation, Contemporary trends in Literary Studies are viewed as a kind of meta-discursive frame that incorporates Literary Studies traditional heritage, structural and semiotic approaches, postmodern deconstructive critics, cultural and interdisciplinary approach. The research suggests that Modernism, Postmodernism, Metamodernism are not autonomous epochs but the conceptual filters that are present, to varying degrees, in any temporal contexts. Such a perspective allows to overcome linear models of literary development and to move towards multidimensional interpretative dimensions. Within this context, the Premodernism correlates with a sacred and mythological horizon, Modernism corresponds to rational, subject-centered, and structural orientations, Postmodernism operates in a mode of deconstructing centers and grand narratives and Metamodernism is characterized by a new synthesis and an affective-value engagement. Conclusions. It is concluded that contemporary Literary Studies emerges as an open meta-space in which diverse conceptual filters co-exist, shaping a qualitatively new culture of reading and theoretical reflection.

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