Сюжет инициации Дурака в повести Л. Н. Толстого "Казаки"

Abstract

The functions of the initiation plot in the novel by L. N. Tolstoy "The Cossacks" are considered in the artistic paradigm of the archetype of the Fool - one of the key figures of a folk tale whose traits are clearly readable in the structure of the character of Dmitry Olenin. Reconstruction of a number of archetyp­ical models in the character's life and spiritual biography reveals symbolic parallels with traditional fairy tale motifs: the search for happiness and the "other kingdom", the story of looking for a bride, the motifs of trials and subsequent transformation, and the mythologem of the Path of life. The analysis of the artistic system of the work also allows one to see the dialogic interrelations of the initiation myth with other mythological texts: the totem myth, the felicity myth, etc.

В статье функции сюжета инициации в повести Л. Н. Толстого "Казаки" рассматриваются в художественной парадигме архетипа Дурака - одного из ключевых героев народной сказки, чер­ты которого явственно прочитываются в структуре образа Дмитрия Оленина.