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Three rightious people in the village of Rekashino (Agiographic tradition in F.A. Abramov's novel «Ноте») // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2001. Issue 1 (26). P. 79-83

The study is devoted to links of the work by F.A. Abramov with the literature tradition of ancient Russia. The author examines some episodes of the novel «Ноте» in the context of agiography of the Russian North. The analysis depicts the plot dependence from as well as the influence of the ethical ideal of the folk orthodoxy on the author's notion of the positive character.

«The Myth of the Great Sinner» in the Russian Literature (the Stages of Evolution and Some Peculiarities of Existing) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2003. Issue 1 (33). P. 54-58

The author considers the evolution of one of the pop¬ular plot schemes of the Russian literature in the center of which there is an idea of the moral rebirth of the fallen personality. Based upon one of the most important prin¬ciples of the Christian ethics, this myth has acquired the importance of an archetype for the Russian culture. The author exposes principal peculiarities of the «Russian version of the myth», the stages of its development and the diversity of its manifestation in different phenomena of the Russian culture.

The Subject Circuit «The Magnanimous Old Man» and National-Orthodox Spiritual Tradition // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2004. Issue 3 (40). P. 90-94

The author considers Russian processing of the popular subject circuit about the old man who concedes to the young beloved contender. The basic attention in the article is paid to the texts carrying the action in the national environment (I.S. Turgenev’s, N.S. Leskov’s, F.M. Dostoevsky’s, L.N. Tolstoy’s works etc.). Their sharp religious-ethical problematic contacts with spiritual traditions of national orthodoxy.

"Russian Version" of "Myth about the Great Sinner" and Foreign Literature of the XXth Century // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2005. Issue 6 (50). P. 66-70

This article is devoted to attempts of adaptation of artistic and moral lessons of "the holy Russian literature" (T. Mann) in the works of some foreign writers of the XXth century. The works by K.Chapek, T. Wilder, M. Westmacott (A. Christie) are considered in the context of "Russian version" of the panto-Christian "myth" about fallen person rebirth.

On the History of "The Oedipus Plot" in the Russian Literature // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2006. Issue 8 (59). P. 60-68

The article traces the history of one of the most well-known literary plots on the Russian ground - in the masterpieces of the Ancient Russian literature and the works of the «new time* writ¬ers, such as V.K. Kukhelbekker, K.K. Slutchevsky, A.M. Remizov, B.A. Pilnyak and others.

“Myth about the Wizard and the Spell-bound Beauty in Russian Literature” // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2007. Issue 8 (71). P. 60-66

The article views the history of the archaic plot that has become a “Russian myth”. Its interpretations by Russian writers, from Pushkin’s “Poltava” and Gogol’s “Terrible revenge” to works by V.V. Nabokov, B.L. Pasternak, L.M. Leonov reflect the process of artistic self-knowledge of Russian nation, its deep ideas about good and evil dialectics

ON THE LEARNING (INVESTIGATION) OF HAGIOGRAPHIC TRADITION IN RUSSIN LITERATURE OF XIX–XX CENTURIES // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2009. Issue 4 (82). P. 156-161

The article concerns some investigation aspects of hagiographic tradition in Russian literature of classical period. Some artistic handling of narrative texts and various methods of introduction narrative elements in secular works are analyzed. Illustrative materials are works by masters of Russian prose from A. I. Gertsen to A. A. Abramov.

Keywords: hagiographic traditions, narrative texts, Russian prose

. // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2009. Issue 9 (87). P. 176-178

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SOME REFLECTIONS OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF JONAH IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2010. Issue 8 (98). P. 93-98

The article is devoted to adaptations of the biblical Book of Jonah which is probably one of the first works of the world literature that proves the idea of infinity of God's mercy and omnipotence of penance. Adaptations of this Old Testament text in Russian literature is considered in the context of world literature. Among the authors who have used the plot and some motives of the Book are such as I. A. Bunin, Sasha Chorny, A. Kim, and many others Russian poets.

Keywords: Bible, Old Testament, Christianity and literature, Russian prose, Russian poetry Scientific Library of TSU

. // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2013. Issue 2 (130). P. 235-235

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THREE RUSSIAN VERSIONS OF THE “CAGLIOSTRO’S MYTH” (ALEXEY TOLSTOY, IVAN LUKASH, GRIGORY GORIN) // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2014. Issue 11 (152). P. 72-77

Mysterious figure of the Enlightenment famous adventurer Count Cagliostro (real name Giuseppe Balsamo) left mark in European culture, and became the basis for the “Cagliostro’s myth”. Reflections of this myth in Russian literature usually assigned to Count Cagliostro’s visit to Russia (1780). The article examines three works of Russian literature of the XX century, which connected the image of Cagliostro with a fable about a sorcerer and an enchanted beauty. In Russian tradition of this plot, which started by Pushkin's “Poltava” and N. V. Gogol’s “A Terrible Vengeance”, the heroine for the soul of whom are fighting the forces of good and evil, often becomes the personification of Russia. Comparison of stories of A.N. Tolstoy and I. S. Lukash (both are named after the famous adventurer and written in exile) with “comic fantasy” of G. I. Gorin “Formula of Love” reveals the originality of authors’ interpretations of the fable and their continuity.

Keywords: Russian literature, mystical story, screenplay, international plots, national myths, intertextes relations