Author-critic: A new archetype of a current state of postmodernity

The text is devoted to the examination of the new, contemporary concept of “author-critic”. An essentially postmodern idea which presupposes the necessity of an artistic project that is radically self-referential. By referring to the historical and modern examples from the chronicles of proto-postmodern and postmodern thought, it is achievable to understand sociopolitical and cultural contexts that play a huge role in establishing the ideology and aesthetics of “author-critic”