CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: MECHANISMS OF RELEVANCE

The paper examines a paradox: 19th-century classical literature, despite being widely perceived as outdated, retains high cultural demand. The aim is to identify the mechanisms that ensure this relevance. Based on Russian classics (Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gogol), four factors are shown: representation of invariant existential dilemmas (love, death, conscience), archetypal nature of characters, cognitive value of slow reading, and the emergent character of relevance that arises only through reflective reader-text interaction. It is concluded that classical literature is not a museum exhibit but lives in the act of hermeneutic work.本研究探讨了一则悖论：19世纪经典文学虽普遍被认为已过时，却始终保有旺盛的文化需求。本研究旨在揭示维系其当代文化相关性的内在机制。以俄罗斯经典文学（陀思妥耶夫斯基、托尔斯泰、普希金、果戈理）为研究样本，本研究归纳出四大核心影响因素：对恒定不变的生存困境（爱情、死亡、良知）的具象化呈现、人物形象的原型特质、慢阅读的认知价值，以及仅通过读者与文本的反思性互动方能催生的文化相关性涌现性特征。研究结论表明，经典文学绝非博物馆中的静态展品，而是存续于读者与文本的阐释学实践之中。