ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY LITERATURE

Abstract

The objective of the study is to systematize the ways of determining genre features and features of fantastic literature and its varieties: classic (magical or literary) fairy tales, fantasy, horror literature, science fiction literature. Methods of scientific work: the research is carried out on the basis of the methodology of analysis of varieties of fantastic literature developed by S.G. Shafikov, and is based on comparative, structural and semantic approaches to the study of fiction. The article considers the term “fiction”, defines the characteristic features and features of fantastic literature, and analyzes the main directions of fiction. The obtained results allow to conclude that the varieties of fantastic literature have a number of common properties, as well as ways of organizing the model of the artistic world.