Chrześcijańskie przesłanie prozy Władimira Maksimowa

• Authors: Siemianowska Izabella

Title variants

EN

The Christian message of Vladimir Maksimov’s prose

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to attempt to prove that the prose of one of the most distinguished representatives of „the third wave” of Russian emigration, Vladimir Maksimov, is based on Christian philosophy. Christian philosophy is a philosophy of love. Maksimov’s characters on their way towards God and faith are almost usually led there by the selfless love of their fellow creatures. The main message of the writer’s works is the Christian concept according to which God exists in every human being. Therefore, Maksimov’s novels contain numerous examples of goodness and human mercy, thanks to which the characters discover a divine element in themselves, and then their lives gain a new, deeper dimension. The regaining of faith in another human being is, according to Vladimir Maksimov, the first step to the regaining of faith in God. The author of Seven Days of Creation saw the hope of overcoming the sin of totalitarianism in the return of the Russian nation to faith. In the writer’s understanding, totalitarianism was evil, because it denied the existence of God and destroyed the individual by depriving it of the possibility to relate to the Transcendence. Numerous biblical references confirm the Christian concept of the world and humanity in Maksimov’s works. The key to the understanding of Maksimov’s prose lies in the teachings of Christ, the deep sense of which has been enclosed in the mystery of the Resurrection.

Keywords

EN

Vladimir Maximov’s prose; Russian literature; Christian message

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Acta Polono-Ruthenica
• Year: 2009
• Volume: Tom 1 Nr XIV
• Pages: 253-263

Dates

published

2009-12-01

Contributors

author

Siemianowska Izabella

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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Identifiers

ISSN

1427-549X