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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">35459</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2023-28-2-228-236</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">OPRGYZ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>LITERARY CRITICISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Литературоведение</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The History of the Russian State by Boris Akunin is Grigori Chkhartishvili’s game of conspiracy?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«История Российского государства» Бориса Акунина - конспирологическая игра Г.Ш. Чхартишвили с читателями?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-9406</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Elfimova</surname><given-names>Mariya G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Елфимова</surname><given-names>Мария Геннадьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. student, Department of the History of Russian Literature, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант, кафедра истории русской литературы, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>mashaelfimova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-07-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>28</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 28, NO2 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 28, №2 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>228</fpage><lpage>236</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-07-20"><day>20</day><month>07</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Elfimova M.G.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Елфимова М.Г.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Elfimova M.G.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Елфимова М.Г.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/35459">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/35459</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The author deals with the question of Chkhartishvili’s pen names and their role in his work. The characteristics of literary masks, history of their appearance are presented. A general analysis of Chkhartishvili's literary activity and the evolution of his style is also given. The features of the use of various images “tried on” by the writer when creating the main works are analyzed, the necessity of referring to pseudonyms is justified. The main part of the work is devoted to the problem of authorship in the project History of the Russian State, as well as an explanation of the motives that guide G. Chkhartishvili, publishing a historical work under the pseudonym of Boris Akunin. An assessment of Akunin's writing style, his ability to transform familiar genres to the needs of the audience, time, author's tasks, etc., is presented, and the project's fiction texts are overall analyzed. Conclusions are made about the literary image of Chkhartishvili-Akunin as an alternative hero involved in the creation of a historical project. This fact suggests that the writer once again demonstrates his ability to reincarnate, change plot and style and, of course, transform the manner of writing, when working on a particular work of fiction.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рассматривается вопрос о псевдонимах Г.Ш. Чхартишвили и их роли в его творчестве. Изложена история появления литературных масок писателя, представлена их краткая характеристика, дан общий анализ литературной деятельности Чхартишвили и эволюции его стиля. Проанализированы особенности использования различных образов, «примеряемых» писателем при создании основных произведений, обоснована необходимость обращения к псевдонимам. Основная часть исследования посвящена проблеме авторства в проекте «История Российского государства», а также объяснению мотивов, которыми руководствуется Г. Чхартишвили, публикуя историческое сочинение под псевдонимом Бориса Акунина. Приведена оценка писательского стиля Акунина, его умения трансформировать привычные жанры под запросы аудитории, времени, авторских задач и пр., проанализированы беллетристические тексты проекта. Представлены выводы о литературном образе Чхартишвили-Акунина как альтернативном герое, задействованном в создании исторического проекта. Данный факт позволяет говорить о том, что писатель в очередной раз демонстрирует свое умение перевоплощаться, трансформировать манеру письма, сюжетику и стилистику при работе над тем или иным художественным произведением.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>nickname</kwd><kwd>literary mask</kwd><kwd>image of the author</kwd><kwd>Ancient Russia</kwd><kwd>The History of the Russian State</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>псевдоним</kwd><kwd>литературная маска</kwd><kwd>образ автора</kwd><kwd>Древняя Русь</kwd><kwd>История Российского государства</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Akunin, B. (2021). The time of Nikolas II: After a lengthy illness. Moscow: AST Publ. (In Russ.)</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Акунин Б. От истоков до монгольского нашествия. Часть Европы. 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