The formation of multiculturalism concept in literature

The article clarifies the evolution of multiculturalism as a concept in artistic consciousness and fiction. The author pays attention on the fact that in recent decades the multiculturalist context has become widely spread taking into account cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, philosophical, anthropological, literary and other aspects. The generalization of research experience in this direction allows considering the development of multiculturalism concept from the encyclopaedic definition of the term to the philosophical and aesthetic meaning of this phenomenon.