Hagiographic tradition in the depiction of the holy people in "Heartfelt stories" by P. V. Zasodimsky
The article explores the connection between "Heartfelt stories" by P. V. Zasodimsky with the hagiographic tradition. The images, motifs, and features of the plots are analysed in the artistic system of the stories; their function and meaning are determined. The writer's appeal to the hagiographic tradition is explained by the peculiarities of his worldview, religious, pedagogical views, aesthetic position, as well as the traditional circle of reading in the Russian school, the facts of the biography of P. V. Zasodimsky, the influence of the historical, cultural and literary context of the epoch. The author draws conclusions about the significance of the hagiographic tradition for P. V. Zasodimsky, the reflection of populist ideology in the ideological and artistic content of his stories about the holy people.