THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT WAR IN GREAT BRITAIN. CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-SAXON HISTORIOGRAPHY

The First World War is called “Great” only among the British. This circumstance underlines its enduring importance for British spiritual, political and everyday culture. conceptualization of historical events as an act forming cultural memory, a form presenting significant past heritage considered in this article on basis methodology memory studies studies, new direction — critical studies. Within framework latter, interpreted process permanent rethinking redefinition values past, which includes various social actors. influential participants are researchers: culturologists, historians, literary scholars, sociologists, who not influence collective ideas about but also interpret their contemporary significance. Accordingly, from huge number works devoted to Great memorialization authors focus those that consider interaction forms evolution British; they created mainstream science culture distinguished by pronounced anthropological approach. identifies several conceptual approaches development problems war, analyzes achievements comparative study image war British, studying official popular, individual general specific features foreign traditions War. It interprets significance revisionist historiography changing notions heritage.