Epistolary Novel as a Scientific Problem

The article deals with the study of the epistolary text as a special type of narration, which leads to the problem of the interaction of the author's personal correspondence and his appeal to the epistolary form as an artistic form at the initial, early stages of his creative path, when the autobiographical beginning in his works is extremely active. It explains the concept of epistolary genre in literature, the study and analysis of the language of the epistolary work, the artistic features of epistolary techniques, the application of the epistolary style. At the same time, the attitude of scholars to the language of the epistolary work, their views on the means to make the style fluent and effective, and their theoretical views are presented.