Social and psychological initiation of orphan heroes in S. Vostokov's story «The Goat and the Giants»

this article is dedicated to the examination of personality formation during the initiation rites of orphaned children in literary works. The character Sonya Kozlova from Stanislav Vostokov's story "The Goat and the Giants" is used as an example. The aim is to trace the factors that influence the development of a personality in a teenager who has lost parental care and to identify the stages of social and psychological initiation. The tasks include exploring how the concept of initiation is represented in literature and its significance for a child's personality formation, identifying the main stages of social and psychological initiation that the hero undergoes, and their impact on his personal development. As a result of the conducted research, we have reached the following conclusions: initiation is an integral part of Russian culture, and it is reflected in contemporary youth literature; during the initiation process, a child becomes psychologically mature and capable of functioning in the adult world.

social initiation, psychological initiation, childhood, ritual, adolescent hero, children's and youth literature, S.V. Vostokov