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The paper reports outcomes of a theoretical reflection of art as a world of experience within a phenomenological approach framework. The paper alleges that by means of art it is possible to comprehend the Other and to recognize oneself within various social contexts. The paper demonstrates that by means of communicative practices art unfolds essential facets of the Other, expands meaningful horizons of a subjects reflexive experience field, and constructs a new model of a personal identity.

The article considers the problem of psychology of literary creative work of L. N. Tolstoy; the main scientific and psychological approaches to the analysis of literary works. In the work of consistently carried out a theoretical analysis of psychology of creativity L. N. Tolstoy, an empirical study of social-psychological perceptions of student’s youth about the writer’s work. Identified the main components of «psychological realism» creativity L. N.