Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841)

28 Setembro 2018, 10:00 • JAYANTI DUTTA

Mikail Lermontov - one of the most important representative of Russian romanticism.Reading of two poems: 

The Sail and  The Cliff

A brief analysis of Lermontov´s psychological novel A Hero of our time.

Realism in literature

An artistic method that appeared in the nineteenth century in literature.

Specific characteristics:

 Social determinism

Psychology

Universality

Historicism

Realism in Russian Literature

Natural School” (the early stage of Critical Realism in Russia).

 Describe reality empirically.

Do not recreate reality through creative imagination.

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Critical orientation.

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 Anti - romantic trend.

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Rejection of all thematic restrictions.

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Humanism and democracy.

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The Little Man theme.