From quotation to plot: the role of the povest’ - parable in the formation of Russian literature

Appeal of writers of the XIX-XX centuries. to the ancient Russian legend required understanding and mastering of its artistic principles. The essentiality of this process is confirmed by the fact that almost all the subjects noted for the genre of the story-parable in the 17th century developed in the modern literature. The Old Russian story-parable, based on the Gospel quotation, was freely integrated into the literature of another epoch.