On the Issue of Literary Reputation and the Role of the Media in Its Formation (Based on the Prose of Leonid Andreev)

Abstract

This article examines the problem of literary reputation, which is urgent for today’s literary science, in the context of modern reputation theory. Among the many aspects that together create a public image of the writer, the main focus is on the role of the media. Based on the analysis of the reception of one of the characteristic works, it is shown how the modern contributed to the creation of the “phenomenon” of Leonid Andreev.

Keywords

• reputationology
• literary reputation
• media
• press
• public image
• social status