• Original research article
  • October 16, 2012
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DERVISH AS TEACHER IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN LITERATURE: BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE STORY CLAY LETTERS, FLOATING APPLES BY SUHBAT AFLATUNI

Abstract

The author considers the image of dervish in the contemporary Russian literature by the material of the story Clay Letters, Floating Apples by Suhbat Aflatuni. Dervish's lookalike in the story is a young Teacher, the Teacher with a capital letter, with whose appearance the inhabitants of the village acquire new knowledge and long-expected water.

References

  1. Сухбат Афлатуни. Глиняные буквы, плывущие яблоки: повесть-притча // Октябрь. 2006. № 9. С. 3-63.
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Nadezhda Anatol'evna Tomilova

Moscow Classical Pedagogical Institute

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  • Published: October 16, 2012.

Keywords

  • Сухбат Афлатуни
  • современная литература
  • дервиш
  • учитель
  • Мессия
  • Suhbat Aflatuni
  • contemporary literature
  • dervish
  • teacher
  • Messiah

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