Bovarism – boredom – melancholy. Remarks about heroes of 19th century Russian literature
The article examines the notion of bovarism which can be seen in the work of the most outstanding Russian writers of the second half of the 19th century, for example Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Anton Chekhov. It seems that the source of bovaristic attitude, which is culturally, socially and...
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| description | The article examines the notion of bovarism which can be seen in the work of the most outstanding Russian writers of the second half of the 19th century, for example Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Anton Chekhov. It seems that the source of bovaristic attitude, which is culturally, socially and psychologically motivated, is the extremity of the Russian character prone to self-sacrifice, offering and suffering, as well as cruelty and sadism. A Russian variant of bovarism is boredom and melancholy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c914650db42e4118979f0a9d0aec11da2022-12-22T00:52:28ZengLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica1505-90572353-19082018-03-0149316917810.18778/1505-9057.49.093618Bovarism – boredom – melancholy. Remarks about heroes of 19th century Russian literatureAurelia Kotkiewicz0Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny, Instytut Neofilologii, Katedra Literatury Rosyjskiej, ul. Studencka 5, 31-116 KrakówThe article examines the notion of bovarism which can be seen in the work of the most outstanding Russian writers of the second half of the 19th century, for example Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Anton Chekhov. It seems that the source of bovaristic attitude, which is culturally, socially and psychologically motivated, is the extremity of the Russian character prone to self-sacrifice, offering and suffering, as well as cruelty and sadism. A Russian variant of bovarism is boredom and melancholy.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/4587 |
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| title | Bovarism – boredom – melancholy. Remarks about heroes of 19th century Russian literature |
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