| Sheshunova S. V. |
NATIONAL IMAGE OF THE WORLD AS AN ETHNOPOETICAL CATEGORY IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE
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This article explains the usage of the term "national image of the world" in literary studies by analogy with the term "language picture of the world" used in linguistics, as well as specifies a range of components of national image of the world in Russian literature of the 19th—20th centuries. Examples from the novels "In the Forests" and "On the Hills" by Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky, the novel "Nanny from Moscow" by Ivan Shmelyov and especially the novel "The Red Wheel" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn are given to illustrate the key points of this article. Keywords: national image of the world, etnopoetics, Russian literature, The Red Wheel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Text (russian)
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| Motorin A. V. |
"Philology" and "literature": spiritual basis of the Russian and Western European attitude to literary work
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The article explores Russian literature and its interrelation with Orthodox religion, as well as the etymology of the word "literature" and the scope of Western influence. The author also analyses the most significant concepts of philological thought – "philology" and "literature" over the period from the 11th to the 21st century. Keywords: folklore, Literature, Orthodoxy Text (russian)
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| Zakharchenko S. O. |
Evangelic images and motifs as the basis for poetic universalia
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The subject of this article is poetic universalia. This paper presents the definition of the term "poetic universalia" and studies the sphere of its origin, as well as the interconnection of poetic and mythological universalia with archetype and image. Keywords: Orthodoxy, textual criticism, history of Russian literature Text (russian)
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| Neyolov E. M. |
"By will of the Pike..." — literary transformation of the folklore motif
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The article examines the motif of wish fulfillment in folktales and literature, with particular focus on the Christian elements of this motif. Keywords: wish fulfillment, fairy-tale, folk Christianity Text (russian)
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| Lyzlova A. S. |
Folklore motif of a woman’s abduction by a Serpent in the literary tradition
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This article examines a motif of a woman’s abduction by a Serpent, widely spread in Russian fairy tales, which also appears in the apocryphal "Heroic Deeds of Theodore Tiron". The author tries to compare this Old Russian apocryphal work with folk fairy-tale texts. Keywords: Russian fairy tale, a woman’s abduction, Serpent, apocrypha, Theodore Tiron Text (russian)
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| Zakharova O. V. |
Bogatyr’s image in the 18th-century Russian literature: Gavrila Derzhavin’s "opera" "Dobrynya"
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This article examines the literary transformation of an epic text. The author glorifies conversion of the Rus’ from paganism to Christianity, humbling the Serpent and the sacrificers. Keywords: bogatyr (Russian epic hero), epic motifs and images, pagan gods, Christianity Text (russian)
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| Sapchenko L. A. |
"The world of conscience and belief in Providence" in Nikolai Karamzin’s albums
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The article studies the religious and philosophical views of Nikolai Karamzin, formed during the 1810's and the 1820's. The author analyses Karamzin's hand-written albums, created in 1811 and 1821. Keywords: Nikolai Karamzin, Freemasonry, hand-written albums of the 19th century, religious philosophy Text (russian)
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| Koshelev V. A. |
"Rayevsky's heroic deed" and biblical commandments
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This article analyzes the scene of one of the battles, the so-called "Dashkovka village case", that is considered from different perspectives including a biblical one. Keywords: Rayevsky, Batyushkov, "Dashkovka village case", fathers and sons Text (russian)
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| Malchukov L. I. |
Easter chronotope in Goethe's "Faust": approaches and estimations in the translations of Nikolai Kholodkovsky and Boris Pasternak
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The article analyzes the most famous experiences of the Goethe's text presentations in Russian. The difference between Kholodkovsky and Pasternak’s translation strategies in the interpretation of Faust's salvation is particularly striking, as far as they can be understood only in the context of the Easter chronotope of tragedy. Keywords: Easter chronotope, Faust, Goethe, Kholodkovsky, Pasternak Text (russian)
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| Mikhnovets N. G. |
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens as a mediator work and type of culture
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The article examines Charles Dickens’s novel "A Christmas Carol" that correlates with the biblical history and sacred images enshrined in the Western European Figurative Art. This C. Dickens’s novel, based on the Old Testament and the New Testament foundation, promoted the restoration of the Christmas story. Keywords: Christmas, type of culture, Christian ethics, Charles Dickens Text (russian)
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| Kanunova F. Z. |
Studies and translation of the New Testament in the ethical and aesthetical search of Vasily Zhukovsky
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This article provides a comparative analysis of the religious, moral and aesthetic search of Zhukovsky and Decemberists in later years. The author points out that the subject of Zhukovsky’s translation was the Basel edition of the Old and New Testaments in 1821 and the Paris edition of the New Testament in 1838. Keywords: New Testament, translation work, Zhukovsky Text (russian)
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| Aizikova I. A. |
EVANGELICAL IDEAS, MOTIFS AND IMAGES IN VASILY ZHUKOVSKY'S "SACRED PROSE"
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The article examines Zhukovsky’s prose of the 1840s, which was called "sacred" by the poet himself. The range of topical issues that preoccupied the poet included the image of Christ, the Holy sacraments, Man and God relationships, ostensibility of freedom. Keywords: the Gospel, motif, image, moral ideal, Zhukovsky Text (russian)
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| Litinskaya E. P. |
ZHUKOVSKY'S TRANSLATIONS OF THE ROMAN AUTHORS: CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS IN THE INTERPRETATION OF FEMALE IMAGES
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The article analyses female characters in Vasily Zhukovsky’s translations of fragments from "The Metamorphoses" by Ovid ("Ceyx and Alcyone", XI, 410—748) and "The Aeneid" by Virgil ("Destruction of Troy", the second verse), and traces how the Christian understanding of love becomes the basis for the interpretation of pagan characters in Roman literature. Keywords: Vasily Zhukovsky, Virgil, Ovid, Romanticism, Christianity, female image, translation Text (russian)
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| Krinichnaya N. A. |
"I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY..." (NIKOLAI KLYUEV'S POEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHRISTIAN AND FOLKLOR CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS)
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In the author's opinion, Nikolai Klyuev uses a three-part composition in the architectonics of the poem, that is inherent to the folklore "revelations". Moreover, the structure of the poem's plot is determined by folkloric elements correlated with similar "links" of the Apocalypse. Keywords: Klyuev, Orthodoxy, cultural tradition, Russian lyrics Text (russian)
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| Malchukova T. G. |
ANCIENT AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS IN PUSHKIN'S REPRESENTATION OF NATURE AND MAN (AN ATTEMPT OF INTERPRETING THE PROBLEM)
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The article demonstrates the examples of proximity of Ancient and Christian images in representation of nature, it studies ethological Ancient traditions in the description of characters, an evangelic image of the Prodigal Son, a Christian image of a misguided Little Man in terms of a typical Pushkin’s idea of mercy and forgiveness. Keywords: Ancient and Christian traditions, representation of nature and man, Pushkin's works Text (russian)
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| Dorofeeva L. G. |
THE IDEA OF SALVATION IN "THE TALE OF IGOR'S CAMPAIGN" AND IN PUSHKIN'S NOVEL "THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER"
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The article raises the question of internal communication of "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" and "The Captain's Daughter" and their genetic affiliation with a common spiritual source, namely, the Holy Tradition. The author proves that these works as the highest demonstration of the national literary tradition undoubtedly must belong to the same spiritual space. Keywords: "The Tale of Igor's Campaign", "The Captain's Daughter", A. S. Pushkin Text (russian)
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| Monakhova E. N. |
"SO YOU ARE RIGHT, THE ORACLE OF FRANCE...": ALEXANDER PUSHKIN'S POEM "RUSLAN AND LUDMILA" WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF RUSSIAN HISTORY OF THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812
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This article compares the images from Alexander Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Ludmila", collisions in the plot and certain episodes with historical events and particular historical persons modern to Pushkin. Keywords: Alexander Pushkin, Russian history, the Patriotic War of 1812, artistic image, prototype Text (russian)
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| Lebedeva E. S. |
THE IMAGE OF THE TSAR ABANDONING HIS THRONE IN ALEXANDER PUSHKIN'S POETRY
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The article analyses the image of the Tzar, who abandoned his family name, throne and crown and hid to repent his sins, created by Alexander Pushkin in his poems "Angelo" and "Roderick". Keywords: Alexander Pushkin, image, narrative lyrics, "Angelo", "Roderick" Text (russian)
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| Koshemchuk T. A. |
"MY DEMON" IN RUSSIAN LYRIC POETRY: THE EXPERIENCE OF SELF KNOWLEDGE IN THE POETICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
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The article investigates the topic of demon as a specific and typical for Russian poetry transformation of the image of the European culture. Yost van den Vondel, Milton, Byron, Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, Samarin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Glinka, Maykov, Polonsky, Zhukovsky, Homyakov, Fet, Shevyrev are the classics who wrote about "My demon". Keywords: cultural tradition, Russian poetry, angel, demon Text (russian)
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| Voropaev V. A. |
UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE GOD'S SAINT. DYKANKA IMAGE OF SAINT NICHOLAS THE WONDER-WORKER AND ITS ROLE IN NIKOLAI GOGOL'S LIFE
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The article tells the history of St. Nicholas Church in Dykanka and its holy image of Saint Nicholas, examines some details of the Gogol family life, the legend of Maria Gogol-Yanovskaya's marriage and her oath in front of the Holy Saint icon. Keywords: Gogol, Dikanka, St. Nicholas Church, the miraculous icon of St. Nicholas, life of the Gogol family, a mother’s oath Text (russian)
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| Vinogradov I. A. |
DOCUMENTS ON NIKOLAI GOGOL'S PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY PLACES
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The article presents a corpus of documentary records of Nikolai Gogol's pilgrimage to the holy places, the majority of wich are published for the first time. Hand-written collections of the Pushkin House (The Institute of Russian Literature), the National Library of Russia, the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Russian State Military Historical Archive and the Russian State Library are used. Published materials are accompanied by an introductory preamble and comments. Keywords: pilgrimage, Gogol, archival materials Text (russian)
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| Zverev V. P. |
Religious motifs of P. P. YERSHOV'S LYRIC POETRY
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The article examines the lyrical beginning of P. P. Yershov's poetry and his religious feelings. The whole of his world outlook and creativity gives particular harmony to poetical works and allows the author to embrace the world in all its diverse divine beauty. Keywords: folklore, lyric poetry, motif, P. Yershov Text (russian)
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| Starygina N. N. |
THE SYSTEM OF RELIGIOUS MOTIFS IN ALEXEY TOLSTOY'S NOVEL "PRINCE SEREBRENNI" ("THE SILVER KNIGHT")
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The article analyses the system of religious motifs in Alexey Tolstoy's novel "Prince Serebrenni" ("The Silver Knight"), which form the novel's plot and represent the author's ideas: Divine Providence, the predestination of characters, Christian death, moral disapproval of the unjust judgement, sins and the Last Judgment. Keywords: Alexey Tolstoy, "Prince Serebrenni" ("The Silver Knight"), Ivan the Terrible, oprichnina, earthly judgement, piety, sin, crime, Divine Providence, the Last Judgment Text (russian)
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| Garicheva E. A. |
THE MOTIF OF ASPIRATION FOR PEACE IN YAKOV POLONSKY'S LYRIC POETRY
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The article examines semantics of "peace" as one of the main motifs of Yakov Polonsky's poetry. Peace is the birth of faith in a man's soul, lowly acceptance of God's grace, striving for the balance between the earthly and the heavenly, renewal of wholeness of the Soul, transfiguration. It is asserted that a person's transfiguration is possible if the human heart keeps faith in the ideal and ability to sympathize. Intonation and the melodies of the poems reveal the person's mental and spiritual pursuit of peace (eupathy). The article discovers the meaning of metaphors, which become symbols in Polonsky's poems, and the symbolism of color, which is associated with icon painting. Keywords: motif, peace, God's grace, metaphor, symbol, intonation, melodies Text (russian)
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| Zakharov V. N. |
FANTASTIC FICTION ON THE PAGES OF FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY'S LITERARY WORKS
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The article presents critical analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "fantastic" realism concept, and gives reasons for defining Dostoevsky’s artistic method as Christian realism. Keywords: Malcolm V. Jones, fantastic fiction, fantastic realism, Christian realism, Dostoevsky, Demons, A Writer's Diary, attribution Text (russian)
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| Bashkirov D. L. |
EVANGELICAL TEXT IN FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY'S LITERARY WORKS
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The article studies the language of evangelical quotes in Fyodor Dostoevsky's works as the demonstration of the common destiny of the Church's language in Russian culture. It investigates the connection between the spiritual state of the characters and their attitude to the Old Church Slavonic language. Keywords: The Gospel, quote, language, evolution Text (russian)
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| Novikova E. G. |
"THIS PAINTING DEPICTS CHRIST JUST TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS": N. M. KARAMZYN, F. M. DOSTOEVSKY, S. N. BULGAKOV ABOUT HANS HOLBEIN'S PAINTING "THE BODY OF THE DEAD CHRIST IN THE TOMB"
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This article is devoted to Hans Holbein der Jungere's painting "The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb" ("Christus im Grabe", 1521) in Russian culture. Keywords: Christ, Orthodoxy, N. M. Karamzin, F. M. Dostoevsky, S. N. Bulgakov Text (russian)
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| Babkina T. A. |
THE BIBLICAL EPISODE ABOUT THE THREE TEMPTETIONS OF JESUS AS A TOPIC OF THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN F. M. DOSTOEVSKY AND V. A. ALEKSEEV
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The article focuses on Dostoevsky's correspondence with the soloist of the Mariinsky Theater orchestra Vasily Alekseevich Alekseev, which appeared as a feedback after the release of "A Writer's Diary". Keywords: Christ, dialogue, Temptation, F. M. Dostoevsky, V. A. Alekseev Text (russian)
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| Suzy V. N. |
The seraphic elder in "The Brothers Karamazov": problematic aspects
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The article examines the image of the elder Zosima in Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov". Character fits into the european and the orthodox paradigm of christian culture. The author keeps track of refraction in the image of the hero of the spiritual insights of the catholic and the eastern Church. Keywords: Dostoevsky, "Тhe Brothers Karamazov", catholicism, orthodoxy, the elder Zosima Text (russian)
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| Syzranov S. V. |
LITURGICAL TEXT IN ANTON CHEKHOV'S NOVELLA "THE DUEL"
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The article examines the principle of interaction between the sacred speech, embodied in liturgical texts, and the literary text, typical for Anton Chekhov's works, by the example of his novella "The Duel". Keywords: Anton Chekhov, "The Duel", vineyard, wine motif, image of storm Text (russian)
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| Zhilina N. P. |
Evangelical reminiscences in Anton Chekhov's short story "The Black Monk"
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A detailed analysis of evangelical reminiscences in the artistic structure of this Chekhov's story allows us to reveal the philosophic concept, the system of values that causes death of all the main characters in the story, and whose immediate exponent is the black monk. Keywords: Chekhov, The Black Monk, evangelical reminiscences Text (russian)
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| Kolikhalova N. G. |
Religious search and sectarian utopia in Andrey Bely's novel "The Silver Dove"
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The article analyses Andrey Bely's novel "The Silver Dove" in the context of his religious, spiritual and artistic search during 1905–1907. Analysis of the novel's architectonics reveals both Christian and occult motifs and images. The main character's denial of sectarian utopia based on the "spiritualization of flesh" concept, as well as his inner self-crucifixion (confession of guilt) brings positive outlook to the ending of the novel. Keywords: Christian motifs, Russian sectarianism, alchemical work Text (russian)
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| Dekhtyaryonok A. V. |
Eschatological motifs in Dmitry Merezhkovsky's trilogy "Christ and Antichrist"
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The article raises the question of eschatological focus of Dmitry Merezhkovsky's trilogy "Christ and Antichrist", and examines the main aspects of this problem, particularly, the influence of the Book of Revelation of Saint John the Divine on the composition, as well as the metaphorical and symbolic layers of the novels. The article examines the author's interpretation of traditional Biblical symbols. The peculiarity of Merezhkovsky's poetics is revealed through analysis of the concept of "the overman" that comprises both traditional ideas about Antichrist and those of F. Nietzsche and V. S. Soloviev. Keywords: Dmitry Merezhkovsky's creative work, trilogy "Christ and Antichrist", biblical symbology, Apocalyptic literature, eschatological motifs and images, the Revelation of St. John the Divine, the idea of "the overman", the image of Antichrist Text (russian)
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| Fetisenko O. L. |
Joy of the Mountain (Evgeniy Ivanov and his "Interpretation of the Testament")
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This article studies the New Testament as the subject of life and daily spiritual bread of Evgeny Ivanov, a friend of Alexander Blok. Keywords: the Gospel, Christ, Alexander Blok, Evgeniy Ivanov Text (russian)
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| Mazur A. V. |
Religious motifs in Vladimir Nabokov's poems
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The article focuses on religious motifs in Vladimir Nabokov's works, and analyses the poems, based on the evangelical stories, including the ones from his book "Mountain Road". Keywords: Vladimir Nabokov, lyric poetry, motif, image Text (russian)
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| Aleksandrova M. B. |
CHRISTIAN MOTIFS IN MIKHAIL BULGAKOV'S FANTASTIC SHORT STORY "THE DIABOLIAD"
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The article analyses Mikhail Bulgakov's short story "The Diaboliad" in the context of Christian traditions. Keywords: Mikhail Bulgakov, devil, image, symbol, lycanthropy Text (russian)
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| Spiridonova I. A. |
Epithet "decayed" in Andrei Platonov's artistic world (analysis of his novel "Chevengur" and war-time short stories)
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The article analyses the semantics and functions of the epithet "decayed" in the artistic world, created by Andrei Platonov, based on his novel "Chevengur" (1927—1929) and stories about the Great Patriotic War (1941—1945). The author identifies Biblical sources, the Book of Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament being the most important of them. The article also analyses the dominant themes and correlations (synonymic and antonymic) between the epithets "decayed", "new" and "old", as well as their role in Platonov's artistic model of national world, presented in his works of different periods. Keywords: the Bible, decayed, new, old, epithet, artistic world, Andrei Platonov Text (russian)
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| Skoropadskaya A. A. |
Biblical motifs in the description of forest in Ivan Shmelyov's story "Under the sky" and Boris Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago"
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This article analyses the appeal to the forest image in Ivan Shmelyov's story "Under the sky" and Boris Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago". Both authors focus on Christian ideas in their works and constantly refer to the theme of nature. The image of forest in this context is interpreted through the biblical scripture (both the Old and New Testaments), and becomes the key to understanding the spiritual aspirations of the characters. Keywords: Pasternak, Shmelyov, Christianity, image of forest, image of garden, the Tree of life, motif of hermitry Text (russian)
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| Rozanov U. V. |
Aleksei Remizov's cycle dedicated to St. Nicholas and the problem of the "last book"
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The article traces the origins of Aleksei Remizov's essay "The Image of Saint Nicholas: Alatyr as the Stone of Russian Faith". Keywords: A. Remizov, Nicholas cycle, creative history, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Text (russian)
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| Moteyunaite I. V. |
Foolishness for Christ, love and maternity in Ludmila Ulitskaya's play "The Seven Saints"
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The article presents a new understanding of such a complex cultural phenomenon as foolishness for Christ through the example of Ludmila Ulitskaya's historical play "The Seven Saints". The author shows that the hero of the 1990's became a blessed woman (a God's fool), who neither sets an optimistic example nor gives faith in the triumph of spirit, but who can only die with dignity, following Christ's way and His final sacrifice. Keywords: Ludmila Ulitskaya, Russian literature of the late 20th century, historical play, God's fool, Blessed, the Blessed Virgin Text (russian)
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| Esaulov I. A. |
THE SCYLLA OF LIBERAL PROGRESSIVISM AND THE CHARYBDIS OF dogmatism in the study of Russian literature
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This polemical article presents two extreme viewpoints which currently exist in Russian literary criticism and which set the barrier for the adequate study of Russian literature. While liberal progressivism a priori stands for the negative attitude to Eastern Orthodoxy as such, the uncritical projection of a coherent system of religious dogmas on literary texts sets bounds to the perception of rich Eastern Orthodox traditions. A way out of this deadlock is seen in the study of Russian literature. Keywords: scientific character, ideology, "religious literary studies", Marxism, plagiarism, liberalism, dogmatism, Orthodox tradition, historical poetics Text (russian)
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