DEFORMATION OF MODERN ANTHROPOCENTRIC GLOBAL PICTURE AND ITS REFLECTION IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FANTASY GENRE

Abstract

The Renaissance and the Enlightenment ages gave the society the idea of importance a human being and human life have, they also developed the concept of humanism. During this time, the anthropocentric global picture has won over the minds of people. However, in this research, the presence of deformation of the anthropocentric global picture is noted. In particular, it is proposed to consider this phenomenon in the case of the English-language fantasy genre. Based on the study of scientific literature, the article identifies the main features of the fantasy genre and compares it with the sci-fi genre. To confirm the theses of the research there was collected literary material, which is an analysis of modern English-language works in the fantasy genre from the point of view of studying the deformation of the anthropocentric global picture. The research revealed the presence of deformation of the modern anthropocentric global picture in modern society, which is reflected in the English-language fantasy genre.