Modernistic Presentation of the Sacred in Dmitriy Merezhkovsky’s Historical Novels The Death of Gods (Julian The Apostate), Resuscitated Gods (Leonard Cover Image

Модерністичне представлення sacrum'у в історичних романах Дмитра Мережковського (Смерть богів (Юліян-Відступник); Воскреслі боги (Леонардо да Вінчі))
Modernistic Presentation of the Sacred in Dmitriy Merezhkovsky’s Historical Novels The Death of Gods (Julian The Apostate), Resuscitated Gods (Leonard

Author(s): Ihor Nabytovych
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: modernism; category the sacred; symbolistic space; modernizm; kategoria sacrum; przestrzeń symboliczna

Summary/Abstract: It’s considered in the article how artistic attempt is carried out of showing artistic building of symbolistic space of category the sacred in novels of Dmitriy Merezhkovskiy, and then original symmetrically turned return from the Antique to the Middle Ages (The Death of Gods (Julian the Apostate)) and from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance (Resuscitated Gods (Leonardo da Vinci)), her various expressions in creed of Olympic Gods in ancient Greeks, and in Christianity.

  • Issue Year: 58/2010
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 23-39
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Ukrainian