CHRISTIAN REALISM IN THE ARTISTIC PROSE OF LATE TOLSTOY: SHORT STORIES AND THE NOVEL "RESURRECTION"
In the artistic prose of late Tolstoy the titles of short stories correlate with the commandments of the Gospel. The title of the novel "Resurrection" reflects the transformation of the "profane" character into the follower of God. The pre-ordained occasional allusions and sacred Biblical numerology recreate the era of the early Christianity and give the depicted fictional reality a religious-philosophical meaning. Tolstoy's character system is predetermined by the attitude of the characters to the Word of God. The Evangelical epithets become the focus of the religious and moral parable issues of Tolstoy's artistic prose. The commandments of the Gospel are a revelation, a food for thought, an indisputable truth and a guide to action for Tolstoy's characters. There is a relationship between the Evangelical text quoted in "Resurrection" and the number of chapters in each of the parts of this novel. All this testifies to the presence of features of Christian realism in the artistic discourse of late Tolstoy. This proves the need to consider the artistic prose of late Tolstoy in the context of Christian literature.