Based on the theoretical-aesthetic, philosophical, literary-critical works of scientists from the USA, France, and Great Britain, a general picture of the formation (in the 1960s) and development (in the 1970s-1990s) of poststructuralism as an aesthetic concept is given. deconstructivism as a method of analyzing a work of art that has developed on the basis of poststructuralism, and postmodernism - a special mentality that arose from poststructuralist and deconstructivist aesthetic practices. The aesthetic concepts and conceptual apparatus of J. Derrida, M. Foucault, J. Deleuze, J. Kristeva, R. Barth, Yale School scholars.