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THE SYSTEM OF RELIGIOUS MOTIFS IN ALEXEY TOLSTOY'S NOVEL "PRINCE SEREBRENNI" ("THE SILVER KNIGHT")

Journal: Problemy Istoriceskoj Poetiki (Vol.8, No. 5)

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Page : 362-373

Keywords : Alexey Tolstoy; "Prince Serebrenni" ("The Silver Knight"); Ivan the Terrible; oprichnina; earthly judgement; piety; sin; crime; Divine Providence; the Last Judgment;

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Abstract

The article analyses the system of religious motifs in Alexey Tolstoy's novel "Prince Serebrenni" ("The Silver Knight"), which form the novel's plot and represent the author's ideas: Divine Providence, the predestination of characters, Christian death, moral disapproval of the unjust judgement, sins and the Last Judgment.

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