The Theme of Faith and Faithlessness in Works of A.S. Norov of the 1820s

Abstract

The article is devoted to actual questions of religious literary criticism. The object of research is the literary process of the nineteenth century. The subject is A.S. Norov’s work. He is a Russian poet of the second circle of the literary process of the nineteenth century. The article contains descriptions of religious problematics and themes of the poem «The Temple», which is the translated version of the poem of A. de Lamartin. This research provides characteristics to religious and philosophical questions of the poem «The Temple». The target of the research is the characteristic of A.S. Norov’s work. Particular attention is paid to the theme of faith and disbelief. The scientific novelty consists of providing new facts about religious problematics of Russian classical literature.