Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (7)

Authors

Stepanova, Vasilina А.; Степанова, В.А.

Contact information

Stepanova, Vasilina А.:Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia;E-mail: ; Степанова, В.А.:Сибирский федеральный университет Россия, 660041, Красноярск, пр. Свободный, 79

Keywords

Rasputin; Candlemas; Assumption; Transfiguration; Resurrection; Ascension; dualism

Abstract

This article deals with the models of Christian feasts as an important plot-constructing topos of Rasputin’s prose. The method of the analysis is hermeneutic. The Christian orientation of the writer’s prose manifests itself in his oeuvre in signs, symbols and logical system of the plot, which is associated with the Orthodox picture of the world. The motif of death, leading to the creation of the writer, is developed in accordance with the logic of the Christian feasts: Candlemas, Assumption, Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension. The models are significantly transformed; Christianity is presented at the level of intentions in the dialogue with the pagan, indicating that the writer’s worldview is dual. It is important to understand the convention of festive models incarnation since the text is not composed upon the canon. However, the idea of death, formed in Orthodox culture through the feasts as well (one of the first actions aimed at the destruction of paganism was replacing pagan feast by the Christian ones), is reflected in the V. Rasputin’s prose. Summing up, we could say that the choice of festive models and rites, associated with it, is a sign of new emphases in the writer’s worldview

Pages

1451-1458

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/19688

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