The Motif of Singing in “The Meek One”

The article traces the connection between F.M. Dostoevsky’s works and the Gnostic worldview with reference to the general acquaintance of the 19th century readers with Gnostic sources, through the example of “The Meek One”. This paper is an attempt to interpret the story’s climax (the protagonist’s...

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Autor principal: Valentina S. Sergeeva
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Publicado: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:af3fc574f01a4cd5b0b9f9515a4e7d262021-11-25T08:03:23ZThe Motif of Singing in “The Meek One”10.22455/2619-0311-2019-3-130-1412619-03112712-8512https://doaj.org/article/af3fc574f01a4cd5b0b9f9515a4e7d262019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dostmirkult.ru/images/DOST_2019-37-int-A-131-142.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2619-0311https://doaj.org/toc/2712-8512The article traces the connection between F.M. Dostoevsky’s works and the Gnostic worldview with reference to the general acquaintance of the 19th century readers with Gnostic sources, through the example of “The Meek One”. This paper is an attempt to interpret the story’s climax (the protagonist’s singing and suicide) through the prism of the treatise Pistis Sophia that entered scientific circulation in the end of the 18th century and became one of the most talked-about samples of the early mystic literature.Valentina S. SergeevaRussian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literaturearticledostoevsky“the meek one”gnosticspistis sophiamystic literatureSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665ENRUДостоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, Iss 3, Pp 130-141 (2019)
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topic dostoevsky
“the meek one”
gnostics
pistis sophia
mystic literature
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
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“the meek one”
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pistis sophia
mystic literature
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
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Valentina S. Sergeeva
The Motif of Singing in “The Meek One”
description The article traces the connection between F.M. Dostoevsky’s works and the Gnostic worldview with reference to the general acquaintance of the 19th century readers with Gnostic sources, through the example of “The Meek One”. This paper is an attempt to interpret the story’s climax (the protagonist’s singing and suicide) through the prism of the treatise Pistis Sophia that entered scientific circulation in the end of the 18th century and became one of the most talked-about samples of the early mystic literature.
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