Finding God in the childhood and adolescent prose of V. P. Krapivin

The article presents an analysis of Vladislav Krapivin's children's prose in the aspect of spiritual realism, examines the main scientific publications highlighting Christian motives in the works of V.P. Krapivin and the features of describing religious culture, church life in fiction for children. The article describes the spiritual formation of the "Krapivinsky boy", his consistent progress from the first acquaintance with religious attributes (sometimes accidental) to conscious church formation, rapprochement with God through sincere faith and prayer, while it is shown that the spiritual evolution of the Krapivinsky protagonist reflects the spiritual quest and experiences of the writer himself. The image of the Krapivinsky protagonist, by virtue of his moral purity, is compared with the image of the boy Jesus, an angel; Christian values are organically embedded in the moral basis and the "code of honor" of the "Krapivinsky boy". The presence of cult Christian images, direct and hidden references to the gospel texts testifies to the preservation in V.P. Krapivin's prose of the spiritual traditions of Russian children's and adolescent literature. V.P. Krapivin's prose is characterized by posing deep spiritual questions to the heroes, striving for the search for truth, evaluating the actions of the heroes from the standpoint of Christian morality. The miracle inherent in the fantastic works of V.P. Krapivin often appears, according to the writer's plan, as a Divine miracle.