INDO-BUDDHIST IMAGINATIVE SYSTEM IN THE OLD RUSSIAN LITERATURE: "THE STORY OF BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT" AS A MONUMENT OF CULTURAL FRONTIER
Bekmetov Rinat Ferganovich
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
Abstract. The article presents an analysis of the Old Russian "Story of Hermit Barlaam and Indian Prince Josaphat" in translation. The author emphasizes the necessity for analyzing it as a literary-didactic and religious and philosophical monument located at the crossroads of different cultural traditions. "The Story" presents itself "unifying sign" - a special phenomenon surpassing, in spite of the apology of a certain religious doctrine, the borders of national and confessional worlds. Though the problem of origin of "The Story" remains an open question, the Indo-Buddhist imaginative system is present in it, indicating - in the translated variant - the deeper relation of the mediaeval Russia and the East. The immediate tasks are as follows: studying the reception of "The Story" in the different developmental periods of the Russian literature, holistic, not fragmental, translation of this piece of literature into the modern Russian language.
Key words and phrases: "Повесть о Варлааме и Иоасафе", древнерусская литература, индобуддийский контекст, культурное пограничье, диалог, текст, "The Story of Barlaam and Josaphat", Old Russian literature, Indo-Buddhist context, cultural frontier, dialogue, text
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