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Abstract: The work is carried out in the mainstream of the problems of cognitive stylistics and deals with the issues of typology of concepts represented by an allusive anthroponym in fiction text on the material of three English-language novels by D. Tartt: “The Secret History”, “The Goldfinch”, and “The Little Friend”. The research object covers the types of artistic concepts verbalized by an allusive anthroponym and their structural features. The research is carried out within the framework of the structural-systemic approach to the analysis of the fiction text. The research methods include conceptual analysis, cognitive-discursive approach, a comparative method, a quantitative method and a method of continuous sampling. The paper aims to reveal the structure and typological features of the fiction text concepts of the allusive anthroponym in the practical material under study. The authors single out the following types of allusive anthroponymic concepts: sensual image, notion, prototype, standard, frame, and gestalt. Sensual images, notions, prototypes and standards belong to conceptually simple structures. Frame and gestalt are conceptually complex multicomponent cognitive structures. Allusive conceptual images, prototypes and frames predominate in the novels under analysis. The authors conclude about the multilayer structure of concepts and present the structure of each type of allusive anthroponymic concept in fiction texts. The results of the study can be used in the academic courses of cognitive linguistics, English stylistics, American literature, and text interpretation.

About the author(s) :

Olga V. Tomberg

Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin

(Ekaterinburg Russia)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4979-1782

Marina A. Ananyina

Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin

(Ekaterinburg Russia)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6233-5311

Publication Timeline:

Date of receipt: 01.09.2024; date of publication: 29.12.2025

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