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Statačiatikybės literatūros teologija: idėjos ir problemika
THE THEOLOGY OF ORTHODOX LITERATURE: IDEAS AND PROBLEMS

Author(s): Gediminas Mikelaitis
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla

Summary/Abstract: The articles presents an overview of the first post- Soviet attempts by the Russian literature scholars to consider the links between the ideas of the Orthodoxy and literature. Attempts are put, besides defining the Christian stratum of the Russian culture, to establish the methodology of the research. The article highlights the unique character of the theology of the Orthodox literature, mainly anchored to the ideas of the Russian religious philosophy reflected in the works of the Russian thinkers and writers as Vladimir Solovyov, Nikolai Berdyaev, Dmitri Merezhkovski, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Andrei Bely and others. The article discusses the theologemes characteristic of the Orthodox literature: the depiction of Sophia, theurgic parameter, the ontological character of creation, performativeness, religious anthropology of Dostoyevsky. The uniqueness of the relationship between the Orthodoxy and literature is defined by demonstrating its link with religious philosophy, the aesthetic parameter of the existence, the role of religious ideas in literature, and the significance of theurgic aesthetics.

  • Issue Year: 54/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 164-172
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Lithuanian