The study of the axiological problems in literary studies is a fundamental direction of modern Russian Philology. In this paper, we will first conside, the search process for the orientations of values of Russian writers of the classical period of Russian literature in the 19th century; and second, the spiritual themselves foundations as ideological constants of the writers. The pursuit of Russ...

In the era of hyphenated identities, one’s identity may not be as clear as decades before; the same applies to culture and literature. Over the past years, there have been discussions about the exact definition of national literature. In Estonia there have been debates surrounding the definition of Estonian literature: is it a literature written in Estonian or is it a literature written in Esto...

RULE205 The 19th-Century Russian Novel The 19th-century novel is widely regarded as the supreme achievement of Russian literature. This course will trace its development from Pushkin's elegant, witty novel in verse, EUGENE ONEGIN, through the grotesque comedies of Gogol, to the realist masterpieces of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, with their complex depiction of human psychology and the philosophical...

In the 1990s the book market and the production and reception of literature in Russia radically changed, conforming to Western patterns. This transformation is mostly – and even from the side of scholars – estimated as an emancipatory development. But unlike vanguard postmodern literature, which considers and ironically reverses clichés and stereotypes, mass fiction provides unambiguous element...

alexander sergeyevich griboyedov was a russian diplomat, playwright, and composer. he is recognized in russian literature as a dramatist and writer of a book, whose fame rests on the brilliant verse comedy woe from wit (the woes of wit), a satire on russian aristocratic society which continus to be one of the most often staged plays in russia. however, in iran he is known as the great russian a...

turgenev was born in a respected and wealthy family that had piled up great wealth in feudalism system.he witnessed how his mother treated their workers and gradually developed deep enmity with the system. ivan sergeyevich turgenev published “a sportsman’s notebook” in 1852. he did not see the peasant as properties of the landlords and pictured their characteristics as key elements with realist...