The Feast of Easter as a Socio-Cultural Text in the Story “Figura” (“The Figure”) of N. S. Leskov Cover Image

Праздник Пасхи как социокультурный текст в рассказе «Фигура» Н. С. Лескова
The Feast of Easter as a Socio-Cultural Text in the Story “Figura” (“The Figure”) of N. S. Leskov

Author(s): Natalia Nikolaevna Starygina
Subject(s): Russian Literature, Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: N. S. Leskov; socio-cultural text; socio-cultural space; socio-cultural context; artistic reality; motif of forgiveness; the image of the righteous;

Summary/Abstract: The article implements a socio-cultural approach to the study of a work of art. The text containing information for reconstruction by the reader of social and cultural space, contemporary to the writer, is emphasized in the work of fiction. The content of the story “The Figure” by N. S. Leskov is determined by the socio-cultural conflict that develops during Easter days, which contradicts the atmosphere of joy, harmony and triumph of faith typical of Easter. This situation allows the writer to show the originality of socio-cultural relations in society. Easter, like other religious holidays, expresses Christian cultural universals, archetypes and values that determine (though not limit) the content of the “cultural core” of society.

  • Issue Year: 17/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 207-231
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Russian