As if" Christ: the Image of Christ in the Paradigm of Postmodernism on the Example of the Novels of B. Akunin and G. Goncharova
The article presents an analysis of the novels of B. Akunin "Pelagia and the Red Rooster" and G. Goncharova "Learn, fall in love ... kill yourself?". On the pages of which characters are described on a number of signs resembling Jesus Christ. The work of G. Goncharova is a fantasy novel, in detective B. Akunin there are also signs of this genre. The authors, giving their heroes some features of Christ, sufficient for his recognition, drew images far from the gospel canons. Hero B. Akunin brings to the Russian society of the II half of the XIX century liberal ideas of the XXI century and the hero G. Goncharova on Earth unleashes a war against representatives of the magic races. The researched works organically fit into the postmodernism paradigm, which allows any author's opinion, any fantasy, even the most unrestrained. The novels make it possible to understand that the modern literary image of Christ is far from a high moral ideal; Moreover, depending on the wishes of the authors, he may be endowed with obviously negative qualities.