REDUCTION OF EVANGELICAL "PLOTS" IN MODERN ORTHODOX FICTION

The article analyzes the works of contemporary authors, representing a particular artistic direction — Orthodox fi ction developed in the Russian literature for the last decades, the interpretation of biblical motifs in a literary text. Evangelical plots and motifs are demanded in modern fi ction, they determine a special structure of narration. The storyline built on the basis of autobiographical material in works of authors-priests mainly keeps the initial parabolic structure most closely resembling the primary source. Devine Providence is comprehended as execution of a request and a prayer of the person who is initially trust the Meanings contained in Gospel. In the works of secular authors the situation of illusion, showing the state of soulless modern society become emblematic. A parabolic story still requires the author's interpretation, based on the desire of a modern writer to expose moral pathos of the work. There appears a keynote of a miraculous effect of Devine Providence on human destiny. Analytical materials for the article were A. Vladimirov`s book From height of bird's fl ight, stories Feast by M. Yakovlev and Fishers of men by V. Krupin