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PSYCHOLOGY OF LITERARY CREATIVE WORK AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE: THE STAGE OF FORMATION (THE LAST THIRD OF 19TH CENTURY – THE FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2016. Issue 11 (176). P. 162-169

The article discusses the formation of psychology of literary creative work, especially the initial stage. The formation is considered as an independent research area in Russian and international science. We show that the formation of psychology of creative work in Russia in the last third of 19th century – first half of 20th century was determined by major developments in such areas as theory of literature and scientific psychology. Additional cause of the formation was the specific status of Russian classical literature in social life. In addition, we represent a wide range of points of view, which reflect the dominant approaches to determination of the substantive aspect of the discussed phenomenon. The psychology of literary creative work is defined as a branch of scientific knowledge that studies the processes of the writer’s reflection of reality and the implementation of the processes in a specific art form. The psychology of literary creative work uses the methodological principles of either psychology or other related disciplines such as theory of literature, linguistics, aesthetics, and others. To sum up, the analytical review of articles, devoted to the issue, convincingly demonstrates that the formation of psychology of the literary creative work as a scientific field took place at the junction of various sciences and concerned studies of the creating subject and products of the subject’s activities.

Keywords: creativity, literary creative work, theory of literature, art, writer, psychology, psychology of literary creation, psychoanalysis

LITERARY ABILITY: HISTORY OF STUDY AND STRUCTURAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL FOUNDATION // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2018. Issue 8 (197). P. 196-204

In the article we identify the most important milestones in the history of the study of literary ability. Further, we present the points of view of both international and Russian authors, which reflect scientific approaches to studying phenomenology and structure of literary abilities. Literary ability is defined as a set of special abilities that enable to implement creative literary activities successfully. We show that the literary ability is a complex psychological construct, which covers various sides of a writer’s personality. Biographical, analytical and experimental research of various authors convincingly demonstrated ambiguity, broad variability of components of literary ability and their structural differences. Definite individual structure of literary ability is specific for creative individuality. The structure depends on the availability of components and the degree of their development. Components of literary and creative abilities are a complex mental construct which performs as effect of generalizing intellectual activity. The activity preforms by means of language and is formed during the literary creative activity. The personal characteristics of the subject and individual psychological characteristics of mental processes do not determine the presence or absence of literary ability. The characteristics are the structural components of literary ability.

Keywords: capacity, literary ability, literary talent, literary creativity, literary activities, psychology of creativity, identity of the writer, writer