The diary as a literary genre is a phenomenon that is quite well known in the world literature. The authors of literary diaries represent completely different types, and the tasks they set themselves are also different. Nevertheless, for all their dissimilarity, literary diaries have a number of stable characteristics, among which are the emphasized individuality and uniqueness of the author of the diary as a person, their life experience, their concentration on themselves, their lives, their environment. A literary diary, like any other genre, involves the following certain rules or characteristics. Being an epistolary genre, it combines the elements of epic storytelling with lyrical inclusions. Of particular interest is a literary diary written on behalf of a teenager, which appeared in the 20th century and became especially popular with readers of different ages at the end of the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st century. In our opinion, a teenage diary, the target audience of which is an adult audience, can be considered as a special subgenre of a literary diary.
literary diary, literary genre, literary technique, diary of a teenager, Andrian Mole, Sue Townsend, target audience, epistolary genre, epic narrative, lyrical inclusions.