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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">46774</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2025-30-3-539-547</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">ABEMJW</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">Donna Tartt’s Novel The Secret History in the Context of the Crisis of Postmodernism</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Роман Донны Тартт «Тайная история» в контексте кризиса постмодернизма</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5159-398X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tabakova</surname><given-names>Polina Al.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Табакова</surname><given-names>Полина Алексеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Student of Faculty of Humanities</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>студент факультета гуманитарных наук</p></bio><email>patabakova@edu.hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5351-2008</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1277-6277</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Perevezentseva</surname><given-names>Anna Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Перевезенцева</surname><given-names>Анна Юрьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Literature and Intercultural Communication</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент департамента литературы и межкультурной коммуникации</p></bio><email>aperevezentseva@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">HSE University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">New Indiaʼs voice: media, culture, and communication</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Новый голос Индии: медиа, культура и коммуникации</issue-title><fpage>539</fpage><lpage>547</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-30"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Tabakova P.A., Perevezentseva A.Y.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Табакова П.А., Перевезенцева А.Ю.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Tabakova P.A., Perevezentseva A.Y.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Табакова П.А., Перевезенцева А.Ю.</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/46774">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/46774</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This study aims to identify the unique features of postmodernist and metamodernist discourse in D. Tartt’s novel The Secret History . The synthesis of these characteristics enables the characterization of this work as a transitional phenomenon, reflecting the crisis of the fundamental attitudes of postmodernism and the formation of the artistic paradigm of metamodernism. The scientific novelty of the work is related to the shift of the text analysis perspective from the consideration of moral issues and genre uniqueness to the inclusion of the novel in the context of fundamental changes of the post-postmodern era. The findings of this study demonstrate that the poetics The Secret History are predominantly shaped by the distinctive characteristics of postmodernism, as manifested through the narrator’s mosaic consciousness, the absence of moral and ethical imperatives, the intertextual inclusions that contribute to the novel’s semantic field, and the dissolution of the dichotomy between ‘elite’ and ‘mass’ culture. The subsequent section aims to substantiate the thesis that D. Tartt’s debut novel exhibits characteristics that transcend the postmodernist paradigm, thereby unveiling pivotal tendencies inherent in metamodernism: an appeal to the traumatic experience of the past, the issue of reflection, the articulation of authentic sentiments, and the aspiration to establish a cohesive social community, in contrast to the postmodern disconnectedness.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Цель исследования - выявление специфических черт постмодернистского и метамодернистского дискурса в романе Д. Тартт «Тайная история», синтез которых позволяет характеризовать произведение как переходное явление, отражающее кризис базовых установок постмодернизма и становление художественной парадигмы метамодернизма. Научная новизна работы связана со смещением ракурса анализа текста с рассмотрения нравственной проблематики и жанрового своеобразия на включение романа в контекст фундаментальных изменений эпохи пост-постмодернизма. Проведенное исследование позволяет сделать вывод, что поэтика «Тайной истории» во многом определяется спецификой эстетики постмодернизма. Это выражается в мозаичности сознания рассказчика и отсутствии морально-этических императивов, активности интертекстуальных включений, формирующих смысловое поле романа, разрушении противопоставления между «элитарной» и «массовой» культурой. Во второй части выдвигается и доказывается тезис о том, что дебютный роман Д. Тартт обладает чертами, выходящими за рамки постмодернистской парадигмы, в нем обнаруживаются ключевые тенденции, присущие метамодернизму: обращение к травмирующему опыту прошлого, проблеме рефлексии и выражения искренних переживаний, стремление к созданию устойчивой социальной общности в противовес постмодернистской разрозненности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>D. Tartt</kwd><kwd>American literature</kwd><kwd>postmodernism</kwd><kwd>metamodernism</kwd><kwd>novel</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Д. 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