, PERCEPTION OF THE CREATIVITY OF N. GOGOL IN THE LIGHT RELIGIOUS AND ORTODOX AXIOLOG // Bulletin of BSU. Language. Literature. Culture. - 2017. №4. . - С. 29-34.

PERCEPTION OF THE CREATIVITY OF N. GOGOL IN THE LIGHT RELIGIOUS AND ORTODOX AXIOLOG

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The main theme of the article is reception of the creative activity of Nikolai Gogol, first of all — his petersbourg novels, by representatives of Orthodox literary criticism. In the book “N. V. Gogol” of V. V. Zenkovsky there is studied crisis of 1836 year when ideas of aes- thetic humanism were changed into ideas of religious thoughts about man and world. Gogol created multi-lateral realism, especially external and psychological forms of realism. Con- cept vulgarity shows impossibility of spiritual growth. The special place of Petersburg' theme, which is described not from satiric point of view, but as image of west “torgash- eskaia” civilization. Big quantity of Petersburg’ peculiarities ruinous influence on people.
In the monograph of I. Vinogradov “Gogol as artist and thinker: Christian base of of world- outlook” concepts “religious”, “patriotic”, “moral” are bringing together.

Nikolai Gogol, literary criticism of XXI century, Orthodox axiology, Petersburg novels, conception of European civilization.