BOGATYR’S IMAGE IN THE 18TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE: GAVRILA DERZHAVIN’S "OPERA" "DOBRYNYA"

Abstract

This article examines the literary transformation of an epic text. The author glorifies conversion of the Rus’ from paganism to Christianity, humbling the Serpent and the sacrificers.

Keywords

• bogatyr (Russian epic hero)
• epic motifs and images
• pagan gods
• Christianity