After the Flood: biblical allusions in the story "The Life of Klim Samgin" by M. Gorky (to the 155th anniversary of the birth)
https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2023-84-2-49-57
Abstract
The article characterises biblical allusions in the text of the story "The Life of Klim Samgin" by M. Gorky. The study relies on the methods of description, commenting, intertextual analysis, interpretation, and the hermeneutic circle. I conclude that the biblical allusions to water and fire employed by Gorky acquire the meaning of symbols which indicate a catastrophe reaching apocalyptic proportions. The catastrophe particularly refers to the death of the Russian Empire and the Russian intelligentsia created by it. The above mentioned allusions also help to understand the idea of the story better, as well as to approach a deeper comprehension of the authorial image.
About the Author
B. G. Bobylev
Independent researcher
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Boris G. Bobylev, Doctor of Science (Pedagogy), Candidate of Science (Philology), Master of Theology, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Hierodeacon Nathanael
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Bobylev B.G. After the Flood: biblical allusions in the story "The Life of Klim Samgin" by M. Gorky (to the 155th anniversary of the birth). Russian language at school. 2023;84(2):49-57. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2023-84-2-49-57
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