The article presents the results of the scientifi c refl ection on the communication of a person with a literary text. The latter is understood widely as a product of any aesthetic creative activity of the author. It acts as the author’s open invitation to a dialogue. The author uses the anthropological metaphor and philosopheme “honored interlocutor” proposed by a. A. Ukhtomsky as a key concept in the refl ection on the interaction of a person with cultural artifacts. Communication of an individual with a literary text is positioned as co-existence, i.e.
