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Najnowsze rosyjskie parafrazy Zdrowaś Mario
The latest Russian paraphrases of the Hail Mary

Author(s): Kazimierz Prus
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: paraphrase; intertextual variant; prayer

Summary/Abstract: Ave Maria is a universal Marian prayer. It is very popular in Russia, which is undoubtedly connected with the significance of Marian devotions in this country. In the mostrecent Internet prayer, it is widely paraphrased, transformed, included in other original poems,and textually modified. Frequently, the intertextual links point to its particular lines and images. Only in one translation discussed, Ave Maria is deprived of its mode of prayer and supplemented with a satanist tone. The intertextual variants of Ave Maria this paper confronts confirm the capacity of the source text, which results in the new ways of articulation in Russian language.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 250-259
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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