Chronotope of life of St.Onofrio the Great Cover Image

О хронотопе житий святого Онуфрия Великого
Chronotope of life of St.Onofrio the Great

Author(s): Olga Anchimiuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: житие; хронотоп; повествование; ретроспекция; иеротопия

Summary/Abstract: Life of the saints, including hermits, is described in the lives that have specific chronotope. The characteristic feature of the chronotope of the lives of the saints is a lack of continuity in the author’s narrative, manifesting itself in discrepancies in terms of the past and the future, a large number of spatial objects and various means of expressing ideas of time. The most important feature of the chronotope of the lives of the saints is hierophany, as well as their hierotopic character.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 149-163
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Russian