GNOSTIC “TESTAMENTS” AND “FATUM” LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST IN D. BROWN’S NOVEL “DA VINCI’S CODE”
The article is dedicated to the analysis of historical theological basis of D. Brown’s novel “Da Vinci’s Code”. The author focuses his scientific attention on the gnostic “testaments” being the plot forming component of the novel. The statement about the Gnosticism as the basis of historical philosophic structure of the novel. The author challenges the idea of Christ and Magdalena’s marriage from the point of view of its functions and ways of realization in the plot of the novel. The comparative analysis of the text of the novel to the bible texts is being done and some discrepancies are discovered. The statements of the author concerning Maria Magdalena’s origin and her marriage to Jesus Christ and also her role as a “companion” the God’s Son are impeached. The supposition concerning the origin of the text of the novel “Da Vinci’s Code” being based on the historic (religious) events and being art realization of these historic and religious events is opposed. The “fatum” model is followed in the text: from the beginning till the climax. The “fatum” plots introduced by D. Brown as the proofs of the historical basis of the novel are doubted by the author. On the opinion of the author D. Brown’s novel is art fiction oriented to historical likeness - well done mass literature.