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On Pushkin's Bible Complex

Posted on:2004-04-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y H WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360122470150Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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This article attempts to analyze the relationship between Pushkin's writing and Bible from the perspective of arts and go further to have a better understanding of Pushkin's Bible Complex and its expression in. his work. I assume that Bible influences Pushkin's writing directly or indirectly in the form of a kind of internal complex and spirit in his work. Such kind of internal spirit might be called Dualism of Arts Creation, which potentially contains both the amazing power and limitation of arts at the same time. In the case of Pushkin, the Bible Complex has already adapted to Russian cultural environment and got nationalized and secularized. The national side of the complex is expressed in his writing in the form of Russia's particular religious spirit, the "intelligent beauty" of Orthodoxism, the worship of Saint Mary and the so-called "Holy Fool" phenomena of Russia. The secular side is demonstrated in the form of cynicism and resistance against religion, exploration of Russian spirit of the time and description of secular figures. All these characters dominate Pushkin's writing and invest his work with everlasting value.
Keywords/Search Tags:Pushkin, Bible, Dualism, nationalize, secularize
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