THE IMAGE OF THE RIGHTEOUS WOMAN IN E. VODOLAZKIN’S NOVEL “JUSTIFICATION OF THE ISLAND”
Journal: ПРОБЛЕМЫ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЙ ПОЭТИКИ
Year: 2023

The article is devoted to the study of the poetics of the image of Princess Xenia, the main heroine of E. Vodolazkin's novel "Justification of the Island," in the context of the hagiographic tradition. The image of Xenia is endowed with the features inherent in the righteous hero thanks to a whole complex of hagiographic topoi used by the author: fervent faith, otherworldliness, the ability to foresee the future, the choice of a "celibate marriage," etc. The same features can be traced in the de