NEW TENDENCIES IN 21ST CENTURY WORLD LITERATURE: DIGITAL CULTURE, POSTHUMANISM AND GENRE EVOLUTION

This article examines the major tendencies shaping 21st-century world literature, with particular attention to digital culture, posthumanist thought, and the transformation of genre structures. Contemporary literary production increasingly reflects technological change, globalization, and shifting philosophical understandings of human identity. The study explores how narrative hybridity, nonlinear storytelling, and interdisciplinary aesthetics redefine literary form and thematic priorities. Methodologically, the research combines comparative literary analysis, narratological interpretation, and theoretical perspectives derived from posthumanism and digital humanities. The article analyzes selected works by contemporary authors to illustrate how literary texts respond to technological environments and cultural transformations. The findings demonstrate that genre evolution in modern literature is closely connected to the rise of digital communication, artificial intelligence, and transnational cultural exchange. Contemporary narratives operate within a post-genre paradigm characterized by structural experimentation and philosophical inquiry into the boundaries between human and technological existence. The article argues that 21st-century literature reflects broader epistemological shifts and contributes to redefining the relationship betw