Rozin, V.M.

Background. The article discusses the current socio-psychological problems of our time: some parallels in the images of love; the confrontation between the city, with its all-consuming civilization, and nature, reviving man; the theme of the creation (transformation) of a new world, initiated by a beloved beautiful woman; the values that save a modern man in a falling world) in the novels of Meir Shalev "Fontanella" and Anna Gavalda "Consolation Game of Petanque".

Objective. The goal is to identify the features of the life world concepts and of the mutual understanding in art. The author wonders why many readers do not understand Shalev and Gavalda. In order to understand this, an analysis of communication in art, presented in the "artistic communication scheme", is proposed.

Methods. To solve the problems posed, a comparative analysis, reconstruction of the positions and life world of the novels' characters, comprehension of situations and problems, as well as their solutions, are carried out.

Results. A scheme of artistic communication is outlined, containing four projections (plans): semiotic, artistic reality, socio-psychological and spiritual (speech), which are considered sequentially. Depending on the type of the work being studied, as well as the specifics of the research task, certain projections come to the fore, and the others are manifested in the structure of the content of these works. The interest of writers in the unusual love under consideration is discussed, as well as the reasons for the negative assessment of the analysed works.

Conclusions. The author suggests that in modern culture there is a search for a new concept of love that would, on the one hand, meet the realities and challenges of modernity, and on the other, overcome the shortcomings of romantic love and the ordinariness of family life. One of the scenarios (naturally for a certain audience) is a boy's love for an adult woman, which lasts throughout his life. The difficulties in understanding many works of art and their characters are connected with the experiments of writers who are in search of a new artistic form.