Russian literature

The role of Russian literature is very difficult to interpret. This multifaceted role as literature itself. Gorky wrote "Our literature - our pride. The pinnacle of the world of humanity" - called Russian literature. Classical Russian literature - is a model for many people. All the same, Maxim Gorky wrote: "Giant Pushkin - the greatest pride in our and most complete expression of the spiritual forces of Russia, and merciless to yourself and others Gogol, yearning Lermontov, sad Turgenev, wrathful

symbolism? As a matter of fact, yes, we do and it’s everywhere in our society. Symbolism is often used of an object or an image or a word to represent or to show the deeper and significant meaning of it. Throughout this Modern Russian Literature course, I had noticed that many Russian poets who experienced a complicated lifetimes had used this term to give hint and imagination to the reader instead of just spoke it out. For instance, talking about the country of Russia, the flag of the Union of Soviet

Russian literature was very much influenced by the literary trope known as the superfluous man. This trope was ideal for writers to describe the shortcomings of Russian high-class society. There has been a witnessed general consistency when dealing with the superfluous man such as the exhibition of cynicism and existential angst, while indulging in vices such as affairs, gambling and duelling. These individuals are typically from noble birth yet refused to fit into society and disregard the societal

Russian Literature is dark and mysterious. Stalin made Russian Literature so dark because he would kill anyone to get what he wanted. Also the camps in Siberia would make people follow the government and make them only be able to share their feelings through their writings. Many things in Russian Literature can influence a society because of the lessons they learn, the guilt we feel, and the greed we have. Most stories have a lesson in the end, but a specific type of story is a parable. Parables

Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Great Russian author who was a very dark and mysterious; who only wrote about what he saw throughout his life. Fyodor Dostoevsky was born November 11, 1821 in Moscow Russia; he was the second child out of seven. His father was an Army doctor who worked in a local hospital. His mother was a very kind and generous woman, she taught Dostoevsky how to read and write he later studied religion and French. When he was nine years old he had is first epilepsy spell, a first they weren’t

Throughout Russian literature authors are often found to portray both Russian men and women in an idealised manner, as heroes. The line between heroism and self-sacrifice is often blurred. This often leads to having strong and beautiful female characters with characteristics of power and presence. These characteristics are used to contradict the traditional view of ‘damsel in distress’. Alternatively the men are traditionally depicted as classical heroes. They are powerful men whom are ready to sacrifice

masterpieces, and particularly he had quite a skeptical attitude towards some outstanding works of Russian literature – for example, he refused to recognize the significance of Dostoyevsky's novels, and he openly criticized the writer in his famous lectures: "My position in regard to Dostoevsky is a curious and difficult one. In all my courses I approach literature from the only point of view that literature interests me-namely the point of view of enduring art and individual genius. From this point of

Nature and Nurture in Crime and Punishment     In the news today there is an article about a high-school boy who brought guns to school and shot several students. The parents of the victims are suing various computer game companies saying that the violent games present shooting and killing people as pleasurable and fail to portray realistic consequences. A representative of one of the companies released a statement saying that this is another example of individuals seeking to elude responsibility

Narrative Russian writers seem to enjoy inserting a duel in their literature. There’s Pierre’s duel with Dolohov in Tolstoy’s War and Peace; there’s Onegin’s duel with Lensky in Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin; there’s Pechorin’s duel with Grushnitsky in Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time, and Bazarov duel with Pavel in Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons. In this paper, however, making comparisons between the duels from A Hero of Our Time and Eugene Onegin will be the primary focus. When it comes to deciding if dueling

Fyodor Dostoevsky is a widely acclaimed Russian author and is known by some to be one of the greatest and most influential novelists of the Golden Age of Russian literature (Lauer). Dostoevsky’s works frequently contain complex psychological themes reflecting the merciless inhumanity of the Russian Empire during the nineteenth century. Due to the presence of acute realism and integrity in these works, Dostoevsky’s deep perceptiveness of the world and ability to create nuanced yet unified works of