Postmodernism Era in the Context of Metanarrative Settings

The purpose of the article is to determine key ideas and attitudes era postmodernism in context rejection metanarratives. research methodology consists application methods analysis synthesis, systematisation facts, comparison, generalisation outcomes. scientific novelty lies an attempt understand transformative changes postmodern mark role metanarratives concepts ideal, truth, universality. Conclusions. Postmodernism has found alternative ways spiritual growth. Besides, new forms relations between people society have been built. «rehabilitated» previous cultural artistic tradition, which was actively destroyed during 20th century: realism, academicism, classicism. combined experience past with present; it can be seen as a change periods. However, mutual reflection similarities repetitions displaced categories (objectivity, reality, universality, ideal). Thus, Jean-Francois Lyotard, postmodernist thinker, French poststructuralist philosopher defined distrust term «metanarrative» replaced concept «philosophy history». Metanarratives linked historical events into single story that had spanned long use indicated emergence way understanding history, culture, art accordance truth.
 Key words: postmodernism, transformation, simulacrum, parodic approach, happening, metanarrative.