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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARTS HAS FASCINATED PEOPLE FOR CENTURIES. DISCUSSING THE ANCIENT NOTION OF EKPHRASIS, THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE INTERPENETRATION OF LITERARY AND NON-LITERARY ART. TRADITIONALLY, EKPHRASIS IS DEFINED AS A RHETORICAL DEVICE FOR THE POETIC DESCRIPTION OF A PAINTING OR A SCULPTURE THAT HAS BEEN STEADILY GAINING ATTENTION IN LITERARY STUDIES SINCE THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY. TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE WORKS OF DON DELILLO, PAUL AUSTER AND TOM MCCARTHY, THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES HOW EKPHRASIS IS USEFUL FOR READING CONTEMPORARY NOVELS THAT FEATURE NON-REPRESENTATIVE, CONCEPTUAL WORKS OF ART.