The aim of the work is the investigation of the originality of phenomenon of German identity in the context of the European mentality based on the analysis of the domestic and foreign scholars. The problem is considered on the basis of the diachronic analysis of national literary consciousness within the scope of comprehensive, cognitive-oriented approach. It’s summarized the previous theoretical sources and generalized materials which are presented on the scientific forums. The singling out from the whole set of the German-speaking historical literary context of purely German social-cultural and artistic and aesthetic range allows you to create а better understanding of the features of a single national literature, realize the specificity of the formation of the German mentality and of cultural identity. By the literary criticism it’s drawn a conclusion about the availability of the comparative typological study of the features of display constants and variables evolving of the new German identity on the brink of the XXI century.
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