ON THE QUESTION OF THE PROTOTYPE OF TATIANA LARINA IN A.S. PUSHKIN’S NOVEL “EUGENE ONEGIN”

Abstract

The article analyzes the role of prototypes in creating an artistic image in a literary text. It emphasizes that modern researchers traditionally address the issue of possible prototypes for literary characters. Speaking about the role of prototypes in the analysis of the artistic image of the main character in the novel, which was the result of Pushkin’s “cold observations of the mind and sorrowful notes of the heart” [1, p. 7], the author noted the possibility of historical figures (A.N. Vulf, K.A. Sobanskaya, N.V. Kochubey, M. Volkonskaya, E. Vorontsova, and E. Vulf) influencing the creation of the artistic image of Tatiana. The article pays special attention to Natalia Dmitrievna Fonvizina as a possible prototype of Tatyana Larina. The author concludes that the character of the main heroine in Alexander Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” is a composite character and does not have a single real-life prototype, but rather represents the author’s imagination. However, the author believes that Natalia Dmitrievna Fonvizina is one of the most likely prototypes of Tatyana Larina.