THE BIBLICAL MOTIFS IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE 1920S: THE LAST JUDGEMENT, THE FLOOD, THE PROMISED LAND Cover Image

БИБЛЕЙСКИЕ МОТИВЫ В РУССКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЕ 1920-Х ГОДОВ: СТРАШНЫЙ СУД, ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ПОТОП, ОБЕТОВАННАЯ ЗЕМЛЯ
THE BIBLICAL MOTIFS IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE 1920S: THE LAST JUDGEMENT, THE FLOOD, THE PROMISED LAND

Author(s): Janina Sałajczykowa
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes an attempt at the systematization of the modes of appearance of biblical images and motifs in the Russian literature of the 20 ’s. The literary sources show that the most frequently recalled biblical characters were: Christ, Cain, and Night, and the most frequent motifs: The Last Judgement, the flood, and the promised land. The interpretations of the biblical images were semantically varied.

  • Issue Year: 27/1996
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-60
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian