RATIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND MYSTICAL IN THE STORY OF I.S. TURGENEV "LIVING RELICS"
S. A. Kolesnikova
Scientific Notes of Orel State University April 24, 2025 DOI: 10.33979/1998-2720-2025-106-1-131-133 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that in Turgenev's "Living Relics," the narrator's mystical experience, which reflects the author's own, is presented from the position of an outside observer, and that what lies "on the edge"—between life and death and between the earthly world and the Kingdom of Heaven—remains inexplicable and mysterious. |
Abstract
The story “Living Relics” contains a motif of the mysterious and inexplicable. Turgenev does not intentionally immerse the characters in borderline states and situations, but describes the narrator’s mystical experience (and, accordingly, his own), and is an outside observer. For the narrator and the author, what is “on the edge” is inexplicable and mysterious: between life and death, between the earthly world and the Kingdom of Heaven.