This research paper describes a literary phenomenon literature of XX-XXI century - postmodernism.When the full analysis of the appearance, character development and the kinds of postmodern literature in world literature, to define the concept of the term "intertextuality", which is the main feature of postmodern literature.It was a review of the tasks of studying intertextuality in a literary text.We stopped at the bibliographies of outstanding representatives of Japanese literature, postmodernism and Kobo Abe was analyzed aspects intertekstualtnyh relations novels "Woman in the Dunes" and "Face of Another", which have been translated into the Kazakh language.Intertextual elements mentioned novels author: allusion, citation, aphorism, parody and accurate examples were given their due, and tasks.When using the new postmodern aesthetics and ease of novels Kobo Abe, intellectual level vniknuvshish deep in today's social problems and social trends, adding that became part of world literature.