Very controversial experiences caused me the story of Edgar Poe “Froggy”. The protagonist of the story is a dwarf and a cripple, a court jester. For a funny jumping gait, he was nicknamed the Frog. At the court of the stupid and cruel king there was one more dwarf – the graceful dancer Trippet, who … Read more
Rejecting the classical canons, Stendhal at the same time recognized the existence of “iron laws” of reality and the need for their knowledge of the artist. He said: “It is necessary that the imagination has mastered the iron laws of the real world and, accordingly, was corrected by them.” This led him beyond romanticism, for … Read more
Kurt Vonnegut – the most famous American writer of German origin, prose writer and journalist. He is a classic and legend of American culture, he is called modern Mark Twain. The writer’s ancestors came to America long before the appearance of the Statue of Liberty. Both grandfather and father Vonnegut were born in Indiana, but … Read more
Realistically multifaceted and accurate recreation of everyday life of different layers of French society, the color of time and terrain; a pronounced anti-war pathos, manifested in protest against the violence and cruelty of the invaders, a sarcastic image of false patriotism, behind which moral vices hide, admiration of the compatriots who did not submit to … Read more
Work is an integral part of our lives. Without work, people become bored and hopeless. Money is not the only reason why people work. Many professions should develop and settle with the passage of time. For example, when teachers, doctors, artists, composers do not work for a long time, they begin to lose their skills. … Read more
The peak of Dante’s creativity is the “Divine Comedy”. The poem is written as a poet’s wanderings in the afterlife. Dante’s guide on this journey is the poet, the author of the Aeneid, Virgil. In the work it is a symbol of the mind directing people to earthly happiness. Virgil explains everything that the author … Read more
Taking into account the historical and cultural significance of the joint living and spiritual community of the peoples of Russia, on January 13, 2009, the President of the Russian Federation signed the Decree on the celebration in 2012 of the 1000th anniversary of the unity of the Mordovian people with the peoples of the Russian … Read more
For the first time the history of the old man and the sea of Hemingway was briefly described in the essay “On the Blue Water: The Gulf Stream Letter” published in the Esquire magazine back in 1936. The writer himself was very fond of fishing, was friends with Cuban fishermen, knew their laws and customs … Read more
I like reading science fiction books. But I do not like all the works of science fiction writers. I’m not interested in all-powerful supermen, leading endless star wars, insanely and ruthlessly conquering all, exciting more and more new territories of the universe. I like reading books, warning books that can be useful to a modern … Read more
Ibsen’s plays written in the mid-seventies of the 19th century were called “new dramaturgy” by critics. What was new in these works? First, the mapping of the present day and the display of living people, not historical characters. Secondly – the exposure of the soullessness of bourgeois society with his preaching of selfish individualism. This … Read more