THE CONCEPT OF HORROR IN ARTISTIC LITERATURE

The current article observes theoretical viewpoints of the concept of horror and devoted to the study of the concept and genre signs of horror in fiction. Throughover the work the notion of horror was investigated with the examples of wellknown writers, critics and scientists. It raises the question of the terminological status of the horror in modern literature, considers the points of view on the status of horror as a genre, and discusses the parameters that differentiate fantasy and horror. It is summarised that there are several subgenres and categories of the horror genre.

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