The article is devoted to the problem of traditionalism in artistic terms to social problems and issues of state structures.The author observes this tendency with his research, ranging from ancient written literary examples to the modern literary process. Hence the conclusion – artists closely associated with the life of people – the owners of beliefs and ideas, have always been vulnerable to the public environment, highlighting the contradiction and disgrace of the era, put forward such progressive ideas as purity, novelty, the democratization of society. In turn, this led to the formation of a deeply rooted literary tradition with dynamic nature.