О художественности древнерусской литературы

The book characterizes the views of ancient Russian writers of the XI-XVII centuries. about nature, about animals, man, his appearance and vigor, about women, about the Russian land, wealth and poverty, politics and culture, about other countries and peoples, and finally, about extraterrestrial worlds - all this constitutes the artistic content of ancient Russian literature, which is being studied by a relatively new branch of literary criticism - the aesthetic hermeneutics of ancient Russian literature. The greatest attention in the book is paid to "The Tale of Bygone Years", "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" and the monuments of the Kulikovo cycle, stories of the 17th century, the writings of Avvakum and early Russian dramaturgy. Several thematic essays on the history of ancient Russian literature as a whole are also given.