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Language and Text
2016. Vol. 3, no. 4, 33–43
doi:10.17759/langt.2016030404
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

Toposes of another world in "the Life of Basil the Younger"

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I.V. Dergacheva

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Abstract

"Life of Basil theYounger," assimilated in the translation of the original Greek into the Church Slavonic language, has had a direct influence on the formation of ancient Russian eschatological concepts, as well as iconographic canons, in particular, on the composition of the Last Judgement. His emotional and figurative description of a topos of Another world helped to convert Christians to assimilate moral standards and Christian doctrines.

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Keywords: Life of Basil the Younger, eschatological concepts, hermeneutics, exegesis, Church Slavonic translations, Apocrypha.

Journal rubric: World Literature. Textology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2016030404

For citation: Dergacheva I.V. Toposes of another world in "the Life of Basil the Younger" [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2016. Vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 33–43. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2016030404. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Irina V. Dergacheva, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department "Linguodidactics and Intercultural Communication" of the Institute "Foreign Languages, Modern Communications and Management", Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-2027, e-mail: dergachevaiv@mgppu.ru

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