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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">44343</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2025-30-1-199-212</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">UUDCIK</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</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 Bechdel Test in Russian fanfiction: The Portrayal of Women</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Тест Бекдел в русскоязычном фанфикшене: изображение женщин</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-8506</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1165-8610</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Algavi</surname><given-names>Leila O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алгави</surname><given-names>Лейла Омаровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Journalism, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры теории и истории журналистики, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>algavi-lo@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-1204</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4272-3231</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Volkova</surname><given-names>Irina I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волкова</surname><given-names>Ирина Ивановна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>grand PhD in Philology, Professor of the Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры массовых коммуникаций, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>volkova-ii@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8105-892X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2475-3139</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kharchenko</surname><given-names>Alina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Харченко</surname><given-names>Алина Вадимовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>преподаватель кафедры массовых коммуникаций, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>alva.kharchenko@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5024-935X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7220-9410</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Jorjikia</surname><given-names>Mariam</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Джорджикиа</surname><given-names>Мариам</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Department of Mass Communication, Faculty of Philology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, кафедра массовых коммуникаций, филологический факультет</p></bio><email>m.jorjikia@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</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>199</fpage><lpage>212</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, Algavi L.O., Volkova I.I., Kharchenko A.V., Jorjikia M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Алгави Л.О., Волкова И.И., Харченко А.В., Джорджикиа М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Algavi L.O., Volkova I.I., Kharchenko A.V., Jorjikia M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Алгави Л.О., Волкова И.И., Харченко А.В., Джорджикиа М.</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/44343">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/44343</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>There are very few discussions about the necessity of a syllabus on the study of fanfiction in the professional training programs of Russian teachers and university professors. The educational potential of fan art is still underestimated, although the possibility of using fan works, especially fan fiction, in pedagogical activities was first put on the media education agenda more than ten years ago. Fic writers are creatively and communicatively active schoolchildren and students the very social group the efforts of teachers are targeted to. Fan writings can be considered as additional empirical material for the study of motivation and development of students’ special skills. This article presents the results of an analysis of Russian language fanfics based on the film series: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997), Prometheus (2012), and Alien: Covenant (2017). The hypothesis of the involvement of Russian-speaking fic writers in feminist notions of gender, as well as gender impartiality, was tested. The Bechdel Test, adapted by the authors, was used as a means of analysis. It is the first time the means were applied to such fanfiction research. The results partially disproved the hypothesis. The case was tested in the 2022–2023 academic year as part of a special course program for students of the evening Department of the Faculty of Philology at the RUDN University and was approved by the teachers as a valuable source of information about the worldview of modern youth.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Дискуссий о включении курса по изучению фанфиков в программы профессиональной подготовки преподавателей недостаточно. Образовательный потенциал фанатского творчества до сих пор недооценен, хотя возможность использования таких произведений, особенно фанфиков, в педагогической деятельности впервые была поставлена в медиаобразовательную повестку более десяти лет назад. Авторы фанфиков – это креативные и коммуникативно активные школьники и студенты, та социальная группа, на которую направлены усилия преподавателей и педагогов. Фанфикшен можно рассматривать как дополнительный эмпирический материал для изучения мотивации и развития специальных навыков у студентов. В данной статье представлены результаты анализа русскоязычных фанфиков, основанных на серии фильмов «Чужой» (1979), «Чужие» (1986), «Чужой 3» (1992), «Чужой: Воскрешение» (1997), «Прометей» (2012) и «Чужой: Завет» (2017). Была проверена гипотеза о причастности русскоязычных авторов фантастических фильмов к феминистским представлениям о гендере, а также о гендерной беспристрастности. В качестве средства анализа использован тест Бекдел, адаптированный авторами. Подобная методика впервые применена для исследования фанфиков. Результаты частично опровергли гипотезу. Кейс впервые был апробирован в 2022–2023 учебном году в рамках программы специального курса для студентов вечернего отделения филологического факультета (Российский университет дружбы народов) и одобрен преподавателями как ценный источник информации о мировоззрении современной молодежи.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>media</kwd><kwd>fan art</kwd><kwd>gender impartiality</kwd><kwd>women’s theme</kwd><kwd>youth values</kwd><kwd>media education</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>медиа</kwd><kwd>фанатское творчество</kwd><kwd>гендерная беспристрастность</kwd><kwd>женская тема</kwd><kwd>ценности молодежи</kwd><kwd>медиаобразование</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Abdullaeva, N.M. (2021). The Bechdel Test and Gender Equality in the Film Industry: The issues of an oversimplified analysis in assessing the representation of women in cinema. 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