Перевод названия: Siberian Chronicles and the Holy Write: the Story Of Yermak as a Christian archeplot
Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2011
Ключевые слова: Siberian Chronicles, biblical tradition, motif, Yermak, Ермак, сибирские летописи, библейская традиция, мотив
Аннотация: Исследуется летописный сюжет об Ермаке в контексте библейской и летописной традиций. Через призму христианских мотивов показана связь сибирского летописного цикла и текстов Священного Писания. The article is devoted to the motifs of the Siberian chronicles that depend on the Bible and Russian hagiography. The sacred semantics of thПоказать полностьюe Siberian chronicles has long been a problem for both historians and philologists who investigated the early period of Russian literature evolution in Siberia. It is well known that most of all the Christian theme affected Yesipovskaya letopis written by Tobolsk scribe Savva Yesipov and Istoriya Sibirskaya composed by Semen Remesov. However their relation to the Bible themes and motifs was not practically taken into account. The aim of this article was to show the dependence of the Yermak chronicle story on the Holy Writ and to describe the basic motifs that form his literary image in this perspective. As a result we found a number of Christian motifs in the Siberian chronicles. There is an archetypical correlation of water and wood and some apostle motifs concerning Yermak. We revealed the ways the Siberian chronicles reflect the antithesis of saving water and devilish wood that goes back to the Old Testament and passes through the Bible tradition and the later medieval chronicles. Moreover, there is an image of a wooden idol that is represented as a pagan mistake. There is also a symbolic and functional parallel of Yermaks and Apostles images. The etymology of Yermaks name goes back to the word stone, his social status - to a fisherman that allows to draw a parallel of the conqueror of Siberia with Peter, a fisher of men (his name is translated as stone from Greek). Yermaks biography shows another symbolic connection with the image of Apostle Paul. Like Paul, Yermak persecuted Christians and spilled their blood. Nevertheless, he became a true servant of God. These parallels are not the only ones that show the correlation of Yermaks story and the Apostles archetypal plot. In this perspective, Yermaks story allows understanding the hidden sacred meanings of medieval texts that would not be revealed without an accurate comparison of these texts with the Holy Writ.
Журнал: Вестник Томского государственного университета
Выпуск журнала: № 343
Номера страниц: 19-22
ISSN журнала: 15617793
Место издания: Томск
Издатель: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования Национальный исследовательский Томский государственный университет