CHRIST'S SILENCE IN F.M. DOSTOEVSKIY'S LEGEND ABOUT THE GREAT INQUISITOR
The subject of the study in the article is the scene of Christ's silence, depicted by Dostoyevsky in his novel The Brothers Karamazov. The purpose of the study is its analysis and interpretation in the light of non-verbal and paraverbal aspects of the text. In this regard, the Christ's kiss is especially demonstrative as a gesture that formalizes its sacred silence. It performs the function of a visual and specific symbol included in the Trinitarian structure of the emblem seal of love.