The article is devoted to the problem of analysis and modeling of evolutionary processes in modern society. The work postulates the acceleration and complication of social processes as one of the justifications for the raised issues. The research methodology is based on the analysis of the reflection of social processes in the genre directions of literature and cinema according to the classification of Blake Snyder. In addition, the possibility of social modeling beyond the proposed genre framework is assessed. The subject of the study is the process of evolution of views on the exploration of outer space by man and its interpretation in science fiction literature. The problem of demonstrating society in films about the future of mankind is revealed and analyzed. In addition, the study identifies the features of individual genre directions and the possibility of their analysis to assess evolutionary processes in individual social groups. The development of the framework of genre directions is substantiated as a reflection of the processes of social development. In the context of one of the definitions of the concept of "cosmism", parallels are drawn between existing socio-philosophical views on the relationship between Man and the Cosmos and the process of developing the character of the hero in cinema and literature. Also, within the framework of assessing the possibility of social modeling beyond the proposed framework, an image of a “man of the future” is constructed, for whom space travel will be safe in the context of the concept of the “human factor”. As a conclusion, the possibility of analyzing genre boundaries as a reflection of evolutionary processes in society is postulated and two directions of analysis based on them are proposed: analysis of social processes in their approach to existing extremes and social modeling beyond genre boundaries.
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