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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">44333</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2025-30-1-66-79</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">TQJRMP</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">Main Characters in D. Tartt’s Prose: Exploring the Hero</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Система персонажей прозы Д. Тартт: в поисках героя</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2740-1643</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7744-4741</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Baranova</surname><given-names>Kseniia M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Баранова</surname><given-names>К. М.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>grand PhD in Philology, Professor, Head of the Department of english Philology</p></bio><email>baranovkm@mgpu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-1262</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1894-7562</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shalimova</surname><given-names>Nadezhda S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шалимова</surname><given-names>Н. С.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of english Philology</p></bio><email>shalimovans@mgpu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow City University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский городской педагогический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-04-16" publication-format="electronic"><day>16</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>79</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-05-24"><day>24</day><month>05</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Baranova K.M., Shalimova N.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Баранова К.М., Шалимова Н.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Baranova K.M., Shalimova N.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Баранова К.М., Шалимова Н.С.</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/44333">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/44333</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Examines various types and specifics of the protagonists’ presentation in the novels The Secret History, The Little Friend, The Goldfinch by the contemporary Donna Tartt American writer. The purpose of the study is to analyze the way the process of growing up is shown in the author’s works. The hero’s formation impacts the leading motifs, the choice of a protagonist type (a child or a teenager) and a narrative mode (a first-person or third-person narrative mode with social and philosophical digressions), and ultimately gives the reader a possibility to make conclusions about the protagonist. Emphasizes a connection between Tartt’s coming-of-age novels and the Young Adult fiction genre as well as points to symbolic connotations in the narrative that help the author create the protagonist’s indirect characteristics. The contextual analysis of the three novels explains the specifics of the characters’ inner world and their worldviews. Tartt and her characters are passionate about literature and art, thus the narration is firmly based on the principle of intertextuality. The study contributes to the development of literature theory in the field of poetics. The practical significance of the research results is determined by the possibility to use them in teaching American contemporary literature and stylistics.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Изучаются различные способы репрезентации системы персонажей в романах «Тайная история», «Маленький друг» и «Щегол» современной американской писательницы Д. Тартт. Цель исследования – анализ проблемы взросления в произведениях автора. Доминанта внутреннего становления влияет на центральные мотивы, тип героя (ребенок или подросток), повествовательную технику (от первого или от третьего лица с психологическими и философскими отступлениями), что в конечном итоге дает читателю возможность увидеть внутренний мир центральных персонажей. Подчеркивается связь прозы Д. Тартт с жанром литературы для молодого читателя, выявляются коннотации и символика, с помощью которых создаются косвенные характеристики действующих лиц. Контекстуальный анализ трех романов позволяет выявить специфику внутреннего мира героев и особенности их мировоззрения. Прозаические образы Д. Тартт вписаны в мир литературы и искусства, поэтому особенностью нарратива является интертекстуальность. Настоящая статья вносит вклад в развитие теории литературы и поэтики. Практическая значимость результатов исследования определяется возможностью их использования в преподавании современной американской литературы и стилистики.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Donna Tartt</kwd><kwd>the protagonist</kwd><kwd>Young Adult fiction</kwd><kwd>intertextuality</kwd><kwd>coming-of-age novels</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Д. 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