“Zoya's standing” vs “Barnaul Miracl”: Heroization of Faith, Semantics and Semiotics of Narratives
This paper presents a comparative analysis of two well‑known narrative texts of religious content — “Zoya's Standing” and “The Barnaul Miracle”, containing a description of miraculous events that took place in the Soviet province in the 50s – 60s of the twentieth century. The authors examine not so much the reliability...