In world literature, several works created by the principles of naturalism, realism, critical realism, and modernist trends have focused on identifying the origins of "university fiction," its poetic evolutionary features, its place among other types of novels, and its commonalities with said. Special attention is paid to the student's image, the student character's distinct role in the system of traditional literary figures, and the real-life and artistic foundations of its portrayal. In both Eastern and Western literature, the student has always been depicted as one of the driving...