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.The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.