Conjuging the Turned-Off Centuries. Book Review: Avtukhovich T.E. Mass Literature of the 18th and 21st Centuries as a Cult-Good: Parallels and Correspondences. Grodno, State University of Grodno Publ., 2025. 379 p.

The review examines a new book by T.E. Avtukhovich, a professor at Grodno University. The monographic study uses extensive material to identify the theoretical and historical aspects of mass literature, highlighting the typological similarities between the literary processes of the 18th and 21st centuries, and demonstrating the shared ideological and aesthetic challenges faced by the Enlightenment and modern times. The significance of this work lies in its exploration of crucial issues related to the search for new subjectivity, sociality, and authentic artistic expression in a rapidly changing world.