In the disclosure of all the processes and vicissitudes taking place in the soul of Julien Sorel, with special expressiveness was the psychology of Stendhal, who achieved unusual subtlety and insight. And it is psychology that is the fundamental feature of the poetics of the novel “Red and Black”. Novel Stendhal’s “Red and Black” is … Read more
Homeland. The fatherland. The land is native. Fatherland. Motherland. Motherland. Mother earth. Native land. All these intimate words by no means exhaust the full range of feelings that we put into this sacred for each person concept. It is difficult to name a writer or a poet who would not dedicate the most sincere, heart-rending … Read more
The tradition of the Olympic Games comes from ancient Greece. We know that the first Olympics were held in the city of Olympia more than 2700 years ago. For five days in the country all wars stopped and sports were held. It was a wonderful sports festival of wrestling, racing, discus throwing and other sports. … Read more
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was the most outstanding representative of the Enlightenment in Germany at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. About himself, he wrote: “I have a tremendous advantage due to the fact that I was born in an era when the greatest world events took place.” His great experience as a great … Read more
Poems and songs of the Scottish poet R. Burns are very popular in his homeland. This popularity is explained by the fact that Burns’s poetry is closely connected with the folk song of Scotland. Burns is the son of a Scottish farmer, the songs of his ancestors are familiar to him from the cradle. It … Read more
The Italian theme occupies a significant place in the creative heritage of Stendhal. The world of passions and strong characters is explored by the writer in the novel “Vanina Vanini”, and in the “Italian chronicles”. The theme is most deeply and fully revealed in Stendhal’s last completed novel, The Parma Cloister. In it, the theory … Read more
The story “The Old Man and the Sea” is one of the last completed works of the legend of the American literature of Ernest Hemingway, an original result of the author’s creative search. Literary critics define the genre of this work as a story-parable, that is, a work that tells about the fate and certain … Read more
“Jules Verne was my father Wells was a wise uncle Edgar Allan Poe was my cousin, he was like a bat forever dwelling in our dark attic… Well, what else could I become, if not a science fiction writer in a family? ” – so joked Ray Bradbury, one of the most outstanding science fiction … Read more
What is symbolism? The main features of symbolism. adherence to the idealistic philosophy of Plato, Schopenhauer’s ideas, according to which the whole world is only a shadow, a symbol of the world of ideas, which can not be comprehended by reason, but by intuition; 2) disappointment in the real world and loss of interest in … Read more
Homer’s poem “Odyssey” is an exciting legend about the amazing adventures of the king of Ithaca. Reading it, we find ourselves in the magical world of giants and monsters, where Odysseus wandered. It was a difficult journey to the homeland of the hero, whom the sea had been born for ten years. Once he approached … Read more
Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious blessings that the sky has bestowed on people. Cervantes Roman Cervantes “The cunning hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha” is one of the greatest creations of world literature. His protagonist has become a household name and for centuries already lives separate from Cervantes’s life. Both the novel … Read more
There were, and probably will be, people in the society like Hamlet. They are tormented by eternal problems, not understanding why the world is so incongruously arranged, and they want to change it. And this is their cross. Hamlet is a person who has walked the bridge of time for more than four hundred years … Read more
Estimate the author’s reasoning by which he begins a miniature: “Destiny draws attention to the powerful and powerful: for years she slavishly persuades her chosen one – Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, for she loves nature spontaneous, like herself – an incomprehensible element.” What do you agree with and disagree with in this reasoning? Many readers do … Read more
Gold! Streams of gold. To implement our Whims, you need time, you need material Opportunities or efforts. Well! In gold everything is contained in the bud, and it all gives In fact. O. Balzac From 1830 to 1848, Balzac created three versions of the novel, gradually tightening up the image of the protagonist – the … Read more
At first glance, Childe Harold, aimlessly wandering around the world and vainly trying to get rid of his longing for misery, seems to be the best recipient of the lines from the famous Lermontov poem “Parus”, written later “Pilgrimage…” and, undoubtedly, in the footsteps of the English poet – romance: What is he looking for … Read more
Even in my early childhood, my mother read to me the tales of the remarkable Danish storyteller GK Andersen. I was very interested when the most usual things came to life on the pages of my favorite book, flowers, animals, toys began to talk. Most of all I liked the fairy tale “The Snow Queen”, … Read more
Moral emptiness, like the new for Charles Dickens ethical category, first appears on the pages of the novel “David Copperfield.” Is it accidental? Dickens, having refused in his work from the mechanical forces that cut the knots of contradictions, and dispelling the illusions of self-deception of their heroes, in a certain sense deprived them of … Read more
A. de Saint-Exupéry Ernest Miller Hemingway – the largest American writer of the XX century, Nobel Prize winner. He was a unique, talented person who courageously and freely lived his life, repeatedly confirming the phrase that was dropped once: “I’m not afraid of anything.” The author of novels “Farewell, Arms!”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, … Read more
In the novel-epic “War and Peace” the author overcomes the parade of the feat. In what works of Russian or modern literature do we observe the de-romanticization of the notion of “heroism” and how can we compare them with the novel of Leo Tolstoy? Plutarch noted that “not always in the most important deeds, one … Read more
In the novel “Gobsek” Balzac showed the spiritual essence of the modern author of society. According to the protagonist, “on earth there is nothing lasting, but gold.” Indeed, the bourgeois epoch exalted money, believing in their power, in the evil power of money. The main hero of the story devoted his entire life to their … Read more
The novel “Red and Black” is a social and psychological novel in which the life path of the main character – a young man of the generation of the twenties of the 19th century, Julien Sorel – is traced. What is the novel “Red and Black”? And why “red” and “black”? The title of the … Read more
Parents hoped that after graduation Honore would be engaged in legal practice and very soon consolidate the welfare of the family. But the conceited youth dreamed of something else: he decided to become a famous and rich writer. But the question is: can I make a fortune and get rich by doing literature? Considering that … Read more
What high meaning lies in the words of the motherland, love of the motherland. For each person these words contain something of their own, personal, special and something general, more significant. Thinking about my homeland, I think about that great, beautiful country in which I was born, I connect the concept of homeland with the … Read more
Graduates have to make a difficult choice, determined by who they want to become in the future. I made my life choice and I dream of becoming an investigator. The service, which dealt with the protection of order, appeared a very long time ago. For example, in ancient Egypt there were special units of city … Read more
It seems to me that the motto of every person should be a phrase from the story-story of A. S. Exupery “The Little Prince”: “We are responsible for those who have tamed.” Indeed, a person endowed with reason simply does not have the right to be indifferent to the fate of our smaller brothers. Thus, … Read more
Omar Khayyam is an outstanding personality of the medieval East. The main themes of the shirt are Omar Khayyam. Distinctive features of Omar Khayyam’s creativity. The search for truth as the main aspiration of man. (Omar Khayyam’s assertion of the infinity of knowledge: For many years I have been thinking about the life of the … Read more
Reflecting on art somehow, Stendhal suggested the following: “Every artist must look at nature in his own way.” What can be more stupid than looking at the nature borrowed from another person, and sometimes at a person with a completely opposite character. ” The writer followed this statement to the end of his life, creating … Read more
Stendhal’s life was fanned with romance and fierce struggle for existence, filled with turbulent events and full of vivid impressions. As a politician and diplomat, he visited many European states, he learned great love and disappointment in it. Passion for artistic creativity brought him happiness even in the years of lonely old Italy, where he … Read more
… Not one human soul Has received such severe hardening In trials, like him. O. de Balzac. Gobsek I do not know how you can judge or evaluate a person living at another time, in another society, under other laws. But if such a question arises, then I prefer to look not only at the … Read more
The protagonist of Franz Kafka is a suffering, humiliated, unhappy and defenseless “little man”, so it is not surprising that different researchers point to Kafka’s creative relationships with other writers revealing this topic. For example, Vladimir Nabokov, a well-known writer, translator and literary critic, compared Gregor Zamzu and Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin. He believed that in … Read more
Spring is the most unusual time of the year. In spring nature revives. In the spring, snow melts and the first green grass appears. In the spring you can hear birds singing. In the spring the sun shines and the mood immediately gets better. I like to observe how nature transforms. I like to walk … Read more
The theme of the “damned passion” for gold is intertwined in the novel “Father Gorio” with another no less important topic that can be formulated as a problem of the moral formation of the personality. The artistic study of this problem is central to the entire epic cycle of the novels of “Human Comedy.” And … Read more
The novel “David Copperfield” reflected those qualitative changes in the worldview of Charles Dickens, which became characteristic of the third period of the writer’s work. The desire for an in-depth, philosophical and psychological comprehension of life caused Dickens to treat his favorite topics in a slightly different way. First of all, this concerns the topic … Read more
The book is the source of wisdom and knowledge. If there were no books, then people could not develop and improve. With the help of books, the authors express their thoughts and feelings, share their experiences with readers. Not for nothing since ancient times man learned to read and write, without these skills it is … Read more
Tchaikovsky is a deeply national composer. In works he shows the life of Russian society, its way of life; gives a picture of Russian nature. The music is intonationally close to the Russian folk song. The composer himself wrote: “As for the Russian element in my music in general, that is, related to folk song … Read more
Dürrenmatt was gifted not only with his talent as a writer, but also with his ability to paint. Strictly speaking, he began his independent creative life as a graphic artist and only in time, having weighed all the pros and cons, decided to make a living by professional literary work, and painting is his hobby. … Read more
For a long time, the culture of France has been generous to the writers of a special warehouse, successfully invading the border area between philosophy and literature. It is the French word “moralist” that implies the expression in one person of the master of the pen and thinker, who reveals in his books the riddles … Read more
The plot of “The Little Prince” reflected some details of the author’s biography. But from these details the writer has made not a realistic story about certain events of his life, but a fairy tale about the fantastic journey of the Little Prince. However, it is enough to read at least a few pages of … Read more
Remember what works are called “Robinsonads”. Prove that the “Mysterious Island” – “Robinsonade”. “Robinsonades” refers to works that tell how a person coped with the most unfavorable conditions, met face to face with wildlife. This is exactly what happens to the heroes of the “Mysterious Island”. They manage not only to survive, but also to … Read more
Everyone likes to relax on the nature. After a noisy and polluted city, it’s so nice to stretch out on the green grass, to smell the smell of wild flowers and clean air. Around the trees rustle, birds sing and the stream murmurs or the river rumbles. And, as well, when the grass is clean, … Read more
Hegel asserted: “In a true tragedy, legitimate moral forces must come into collision on both sides.” This idea can be developed on the example of “Antigone”. The tragedy is written on the mythological plot of the Theban cycle. It is not part of the trilogy, as it was in Aeschylus, but is a complete work. … Read more
For the first time, with utter frankness, having spoken in verse about the storms and passions that had shaken his heart, Byron made a real revolution in the lyrics. Before him, poets mostly wrote about love and hatred, joys and sufferings as generalized, abstract, and often conditional feelings. Byron, however, turned the soul inside out, … Read more
How did you understand the name “Kaloshi Happiness” before and after reading the fairy tale? Happiness is not that galoshes can carry you at any time, but that the happiness of a person is closely related to the time in which he lives. What’s the point Andersen put in the phrase: “All the way, he … Read more
Life, it turns out, is not always beautiful – it can be dangerous. It resembles a tightly rope stretched over an abyss. Right – left – up – down. Where we will be, walking on it, clenching our teeth with fear and balancing our hands so as not to fall, stay. Now on it goes … Read more
The work of the German writer Heinrich Böll is almost entirely devoted to the theme of war and the postwar life of Germany. His works immediately gained fame, began to be printed in many countries of the world, and in 1972 the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize “for creativity, which combines a broad scope … Read more
The Bourbon monarchy, renovated by the occupation forces, was a noble monarchy, that is, political power belonged to the nobility. However, the bourgeoisie already reigned in the economy and was preparing to take political power into its hands, which happened, only Stendhal completed the novel. This re-victory – after the revolution of the late XVIII … Read more
In the history of the formation and development of English realism, Charles Dickens’s novel “David Copperfield” occupies a special place. Along with such famous works of the writer as “Cold House” and “Little Dorrit”, this novel marks a qualitatively new stage in his work, characterized by a deeper penetration of Charles Dickens into the psychology … Read more
How to write a good composition? Often this question is asked not only by the schoolchildren who are not given this task in any way, but also by parents who are powerless to help their student children, and teachers who are looking for new ways and methods to teach the children to write essays. For … Read more
Each generation for four centuries in different ways is experiencing the tragedy of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, written in 1601. The secret hidden in the tragedy, everyone reveals in his own way. Hamlet? .. Do we understand the meaning of this name? – it’s great and deep: it’s human life, it’s a person, it’s you, it’s … Read more
He who works only for himself, is likened to cattle, stuffing his belly. Worthy works for mankind. Abai Kunanbayev “The novel-epic of his distant relative of the famous Kazakh writer M. O. Auezov” The Way of Abai “is devoted to the difficult fate of the life of the great poet-educator Abai Kunanbayev, for which he … Read more