Le funzioni delle citazioni bibliche nella letteratura della Slavia ortodossa

Marcello Garzaniti, Francesca Romoli The Funcion of Biblical Quotations in the Literature of Slavia Orthodoxa Biblical quotations play a central role in the literature of Slavia orthodoxa. Their importance, together with the necessity of their systematic study, has been underlined several times. The biblical element should be analysed at several levels, within different literary forms. First it should be identified and classified, then understood in the context of liturgy and liturgical books. Through biblical quotations, the author gave an interpretation of history and present situation according to the Holy Scripture and, by means of rhetoric, he tried to make the biblical message actual and to renew its metamorphic power. The present study focuses on the function biblical quotations have in some of the most representative literary forms of Slavia orthodoxa. M. Garzaniti analyses hagiographic texts, pilgrimage tales and chronicles; F. Romoli sermons and spiritual teachings.