A. N. Kryukova. Poetics of dreams in the «Martyrdom of Marian and James» (pp. 457–468)

Author

A. N. Kryukova (St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University, Moscow)

Keywords\n Early Christian literature, hagiography, martyrdom, depiction of dreams in literature

Pages\n 457–468

Summary\n

The article treats the depiction of dreams in the early Christian hagiography and the «Martyrdom of Marian and James» (second half of the IIIrd – beginning of IVth century AD) is used as an example. The author treats depiction of dreams as a special literary device and tries to determine its place in the composition and its functions, as well as the means used by the hagiographer to describe the dreams of martyrs.

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