Yu. M. Kolchina

Man in the Face of Eternity in I. A. Bunin’s Story “The Thin Grass” and V. G. Rasputin’s Novel “The Last due Date”

Aim.  To examine how I. A. Bunin’s “Thin Grass” may have influenced Rasputin’s “The Last Term” in their portrayals of the spiritual foundations of the Russian national character. Methodology.  The article uses comparative and historical-literary methods. The images of Russian peasants on the verge of death and...