Published: 2023-06-11

The elder-monk-miracle man as a hero of modern Russian prose

Paulina Monika Wójcikowska-Wantuch Logo ORCID

Abstract

This article presents selected literary works by writers of contemporary Russian literature, whose hero is an elder-monk or miracle man.
Writers as Lyudmila Petryshevskaya, Evgeniy Vodolazkin, Tikhon Shevkunov and Maya Kucherskaya in their works refer to the genres of religious literature such as patericon,
hagiography and the apophthegma. The author's interest in the character, directly referring to the tradition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and elder Zosima,
from the novel "The Brothers Karamazov" is an expression of longing for national values related to the spiritual
culture of Russian Orthodoxy and a reflection of the dialogue between religious and secular literature that is taking place today.

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Wójcikowska-Wantuch, P. M. (2023). The elder-monk-miracle man as a hero of modern Russian prose. Przegląd Rusycystyczny [Russian Studies Review], (2 (182), 81–98. https://doi.org/10.31261/pr.13873

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No. 2 (182) (2023)
Published: 2023-06-19


ISSN: 0137-298X

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Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycystyczne oraz Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

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