TRENDS LITERATURE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: «WORKING NOVEL», MINIMALISM, «NEW WAVE»

In Ukrainian literary studies, the idea was formed that «Western» literaturethe second half of 20th century inherent aesthetics postmodernism. However, question arises: is this process homogeneous? Branching works 2 a scientific problem needs to be understood. This important because it requires theoretical basis for study individual personalities / writers whose style have common points intersection with general world artistic landmarks. The purpose article try form «system» directions and currents century. first approximation problem. We used comparative-historical typological methods, systematic approach achieve purpose. postmodern era – century, feeling unconscious fear before development technologies, nuclear threat reflected. trends «working novel», current «neorealism», «new wave», group «minimalism» were in literature they are not included discourse postmodernism post-avant-garde, these there realistic chronotope. Here new type hero moral ethical problems «average» ordinary person, which does succeed, raised. consciousness characters disintegrates, unable comprehend either their ideas or statements others. They no strength energy at all. Boredom sometimes pushes them action, reflects time. Intellectuals presented as psychologically dead people who incapable anything, empty, doomed. individualism raises isolation disunity narrow domestic broad historical context. social «workers' minimalism neorealism contributed introduction use border 20th-21th centuries by chronotope trend «critical fiction»