КАРНАВАЛ ЯК ЯВИЩЕ СВЯТКОВОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ В СУЧАСНОМУ СВІТІ
CARNIVAL AS A PHENOMENON OF FESTIVE CULTURE IN THE MODERN WORLD

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify the specific features of the modern carnival as a phenomenon of festive culture in a globalizing world. Recently, the state of modern culture has been characterized as a crisis, a symptom of which is called its «carnivalization». However, the modern carnival remains a phenomenon not explored. The methodology consists of applying factual, comparative, and historical-logical methods. This approach makes it possible, on the basis of factual analysis and comparison of the most famous contemporary carnivals of the world, to identify their common features and differences, to carry out their typology, to identify the particular carnivals of each identified groups, and also to determine the possibility and limits of applying the concept of «carnivalization» to contemporary cultural phenomena of the world.

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