Vol. 7, No 4: 82–86.

Philology

 2022

Scientific article

UDK 82.091
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Svetlana V. Timonina
master's degree, Petrozavodsk State University
(Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation),
timoninasvetlana0@gmail.com

Orpheus - Jesus Christ – Cincinnatus (based on the novel by V. V. Nabokov «Invitation to a Beheading»)

Scientific adviser:
Anna Y. Nilova
Reviewer:
Evgenia Litinskaya
Paper submitted on: 11/10/2022;
Accepted on: 12/14/2022;
Published online on: 12/25/2022.
 Abstract. The article discusses the combination of ancient and Christian traditions in V. V. Nabokov's novel " Invitation to a Beheading" and their influence on the character of the protagonist. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that earlier scientific works considered only the ancient or only the Christian tradition in the novel, while the issues of their synthesis remained out of view of scientists. The work deals with the motive of death, mercy, suffering, resurrection. In the analysis it was concluded that the execution of Cincinnatus С. symbolizes not the death of the hero, but the release of his soul from the prison of his own body, the return to the world of the living from Hades, the resurrection.
Keywords: Nabokov, Cincinnatus, Orphism, Ancient tradition, Christian tradition

For citation: Timonina, S. V. Orpheus - Jesus Christ – Cincinnatus (based on the novel by V. V. Nabokov «Invitation to a Beheading»). StudArctic forum. 2022, 7 (4): 82–86.

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