Миры Посмертия в произведениях славянских писателей XX – XXI вв.: национальный и общечеловеческий аспекты
Universe of Afterlife in Works by Slavic Writers of the XX – XXI Centuries: National and Universal Aspects

Summary/Abstract: In the article the literary works by Slavic writers (O. Tokarczuk, M. Kisiel, J. Grzędowicz, D. Kužel, D. Kovačević, etc.) are considered within the framework of a study based on the material of more than a hundred literary texts belonging to Russian, European and North American fantasy of the 109 – 117 centuries. The study is aimed at depicting the Universe of Afterlife (UA) as a special locus of the postmortem existence of a human being (soul). It asserts the compliance of the analyzed works with the "canon" of depicting the UA from the point of view of the problems, structure and functions of the investigated artistic image. Simultaneously, it specifies the peculiarity of theme interpretation by Slavic authors: the greater value of ethnic elements in the plot of works, the consideration of national historical and cultural contexts in creating individual author's models of the Universe of Afterlife.

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