SYMBOLISM OF GRAIL IN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PROSE OF A. I. SOLZHENITSYN (NOVEL "IN THE FIRST CIRCLE")
Golikova Guzyal' Azgarovna
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Abstract. The article considers the symbolic meanings of the Grail image in the autobiographical novel "In the First Circle" by A. I. Solzhenitsyn, defining the moral and philosophical aspect of the work, forming its spiritual "dimension". Through the prism of the Grail symbolism the originality of the subject-matter and problematics of the novel, its compositional and narrative structure, space-time coordinates, the principles of heroes’ images system are revealed, and the symbolic meaning and the philosophy of autobiographical hero’s and author’s fate are determined.
Key words and phrases: символика Грааля, нравственный подвиг, духовное совершенствование, автобиографизм, автобиографический герой, проблемно-тематический узел повествования, философия судьбы героя и автора, symbolism of the Grail, moral heroism, spiritual perfection, autobiogr
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