THE PLOT STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL BY L. M. TOLSTOY «CONFESSOR SERGIY»

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In this article the interrelation between a story action and a plotline motive in Tolstoy story is investigated. Furthermore, «the composition of the plot» of the story «Confessor Sergiy» is considered. Hagiographic story writer chosen due to the problem of human moral self-improvement, as evidenced by the history of the work, its narrative motifs. It is a tendency from a young age to God, disappointment in worldly life, «religious» imperfection young monk awareness «necessary» in search of salvation «gate» miracles ; canonical antinomy of spirit and flesh paradigm–«escape from the world–a return to the world of » abstraction concepts of «good» and «evil» and finally «epiphany». In the novel «Confessor Sergiy» hero quest itself as a «whole person», then «epiphany» — the result of a long process of becoming the person and her awareness of the truth. The plot is built so that the novel «Confessor Sergiy» shows not only the path to enlightenment hero, portrayed himself insight time, but further outlined his «way of life found in terms of the ideal of» forming reminiscences of hagiography, it canons. The life story of Stephen Kasatskoho led monolohichnist, analyticity, dynamic structure of the story. There were important laws of good and evil, «problematic» social (social) life, objective and subjective factors. Epic and dramatic start came together to form the artistic integrity of the psychological, philosophical and symbolic context of the work.

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Olga Dobrobabina

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Olga Dobrobabina (2016). THE PLOT STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL BY L. M. TOLSTOY «CONFESSOR SERGIY». Проблеми сучасного літературознавства, 0(22), 85-94. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-391981