Metaphysics of Light: M. Bulgakov and N. Raynov (Literary-philosophical Images of Christ) Cover Image
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Метафизика на светлината – М. Булгаков и Н. Райнов (литературно-философски образи на Христос)
Metaphysics of Light: M. Bulgakov and N. Raynov (Literary-philosophical Images of Christ)

Author(s): Nina Ivanova Dimitrova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Russian Literature
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940); The Master and Margarita, Nikolai Raynov (1889–1954); Between the Desert and Life; light metaphysics; Gnosticism

Summary/Abstract: The article offers a comparative study between Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita and Nikolai Raynov's novel Between the Desert and Life in terms of the metaphysics of light. The grounds of the comparison are sought in the general philosophical and religious attitude of Gnosticism. Raynov’s philosophical stance on light is considered in terms of its opposition to the material, carnal, physical; while Bulgakov's perspective on light is discussed in its opposition to peace, the “place” he specially proposes. The article concludes that Light and Peace in Bulgakov's novel are not agonal.

  • Issue Year: XXX/2021
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 33-45
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian