On the Artistic Old Russian Literature

The book is characterized by representations of ancient writers XI-XVII centuries. about nature, animals, man, his appearance and vigor, about women, about the Russian land, wealth and poverty, politics and culture of other countries and peoples, finally, about extraterrestrial worlds - all this and is the artistic content of the Old Russian literature, study which deals with a relatively new branch of literary - aesthetic hermeneutics of the Old Russian literature. The greatest attention is paid "Tale of Bygone Years", "Lay" and monuments Kulikovskii cycle, the story of the XVII century, the writings of Habakkuk and the early Russian drama. Given also some thematic sketches the history of ancient literature as a whole.