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Name: Apuleius – Kuzmin – Bakhtin: Metamorphoses of plot, character, destiny

Authors: Klimova Margarita Nikolaevna

Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Issue 4, 2011Pages 70-76
UDK: 821.24&#DOI:

Abstract: The paper is devoted to the novel «Metamorphoses» by Apuleius. The novel was the first attempt at depicting the radical change of the human soul in the European literatures. The ideological content of the novel is considered in the context of the cultural traditions of his times and in the readers’ perception of the subsequent centuries. Special attention is paid to M.M. Bakhtin’s views on the place of this work in the evolution of the European novel.

Keywords: ancient literature, ancient novel, epichristian literature, christian ethics, hagiography, history of the novel

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