PROVINCIAL FEMALE READER’S INWARD WORLD IN POEMS BY ANNA GOTOVTSEVA

The paper discusses poems by the poetess of the early 19th century from Kostroma Anna Gotovtseva, which reflected the features of her reader's perception. It is shown that the female contemporary of Pushkin had a broad reader's outlook and independence in assessing literary phenomena. The author of the paper suggests that acquaintance with the works of Gotovtseva was reflected in Pushkin's work on the novel "Eugene Onegin" and other works. In particular, the evolution of the image of Tatiana Larina shows that the formation of the heroine is expressed not only in the expansion of her reading circle, but also in the change in the nature of the perception of literary images. The ability of a provincial young lady to critically judge the works of popular contemporary writers was proved to Pushkin by a message from Anna Gotovtseva addressed to him. Pushkin in the seventh chapter of the novel in verse endows Tatyana with this ability. In many ways, the poet also changes his idea of Russian women as readers in general.