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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">41358</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2024-29-2-289-296</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">SSYLEB</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">Terry McMillan’s “It’s Not All Downhill from Here”: black women discharging interpersonal conflicts</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Терри Макмиллан «Отсюда не все так плохо»: разрешение межличностных конфликтов чернокожими женщинами</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4778-1468</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pawar</surname><given-names>Pradip N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Павар</surname><given-names>Прадип Натурам</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Humanities</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент кафедры естественных и гуманитарных наук</p></bio><email>pradip.pawar@ritindia.edu</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Rajarambapu Institute of Technology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Технологический институт Раджарамбапу</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">African media in the new reality: re-positioning of media studies</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Африканские медиа в новой реальности: перепозиционирование медиаисследований</issue-title><fpage>289</fpage><lpage>296</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-10-31"><day>31</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Pawar P.N.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Павар П.Н.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Pawar P.N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Павар П.Н.</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/41358">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/41358</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The research work attempts to study the contemporary African American women’s struggle to discharge their interpersonal conflict with reference to Terry McMillan’s “It’s Not All Downhill From Here”. Conflict is an expression of struggle between two or more interdependent persons who have incompatible goals. Through her works, Terry McMillan voices the life of urban African American middle class women. The Black women of this class are suppressed under various roles and responsibilities especially related to their families that have lots of challenges like addiction, crime, lack of trust and emotional bonding. Lack of any support builds up antagonistic mindsets and develops interpersonal conflicts. They are trying hard to resolve these conflicts and attempting to restart with more focus on exploration of self. The research work analyses the conflict resolution strategies employed by African American women in the novel.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Исследуется борьба современных афроамериканских женщин за разрешение межличностного конфликта в книге Терри Макмиллана «Дальше не все так просто». Конфликт - это выражение борьбы между двумя или более взаимозависимыми людьми, преследующими несовместимые цели. Показано, как своей работе Терри Макмиллан рассказывает о жизни городских афроамериканских женщин из среднего класса, которые подавлены различными ролями и обязанностями, особенно связанными с их семьями, и сталкиваются с множеством проблем, таких как наркомания, преступность, отсутствие доверия и эмоциональной привязанности. Сделан вывод, что отсутствие какой-либо поддержки формирует антагонистическое мышление и развивает межличностные конфликты. Проанализированы стратегии разрешения конфликтов и способы начала новой жизни с большим вниманием к самоисследованию, используемые в романе.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>conflict resolution</kwd><kwd>African American women</kwd><kwd>self</kwd><kwd>interpersonal relations</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>афроамериканские женщины</kwd><kwd>самость</kwd><kwd>межличностные отношения</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Burrell, N.A., Allen, M., Gayle, B.M., &amp; Preiss, R.W. (Eds.). (2014). Managing interpersonal conflict: Advances through meta-analysis. Routledge, Taylor &amp; Francis Group.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Donohue, W.A., &amp; Cai, D.A. (2014). Interpersonal conflict: An overview. In N.A. Burrell, M. Allen, B.M. Gayle &amp; R.W. 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