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О.А. Колоколова.

Мотив «блудного сына» в романе А. Тимонена «Мы карелы»

// Труды КарНЦ РАН. No 3. Серия Гуманитарные исследования. 2014. C. 149-152

O.A. Kolokolova. The “prodigal son” theme in A. Timonen’s novel “We are karelians” // Transactions of Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science. No 3. Humanitarian studies. 2014. Pp. 149-152

Keywords: Finnish.language literature of the 20th century Karelia, the “prodigal son” theme, Christian categories.

The paper analyses how the evangelic theme of the prodigal son is adopted into A. Timonen’s novel “ We Are Karelians”. The theme is realized through Christian symbols and images of the story, the image of the prodigal son is embodied in the fate of Vasselei, a peasant’s son.