The Place of a Literary Manifesto in the 21st Century

The manifesto, both political and aesthetic, significantly marked the map of cultural history. genre, steaming from approximately beginning 19th century, has gone through a number transformations in terms form content reached its participative peak 1920s. Being established during times modernism, manifesto practice gradually decreased at cusp epochs, thus resulting being marginalized, parodied, extruded present discourse. article, narrowly focusing on literary suggests several reasons for mentioned phenomena.Taking two semantic aspects – performative theoretic author explores their functioning representative movements modernism postmodernism. “The moment manifesto,” meaning climax regarding quantity produced manifestos modernist flourish, is explained by collapse public sphere concept, performativity epoch itself, prevalence complex theoretical paradigms aiming rethinking canon. postmodern fall concerning tradition argued to be result shift approach apparatus, associated with linguistic turn art philosophy, while aspect claimed ruined due such as acceleration process, inactiveness protest activity post-capitalist reality, alienation “the real” politics tendency consider more quality if peripheralized.Therefore, article elaborates need 21st century considered instrument reconstructing reviving aspect, necessary emancipation. Also, noticing stagnation studies, necessitates resurgence it may appear helpful reinvigorating field theory.