Frederic Stendhal – an astute “observer of human characters”

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1. Frederic Stendhal. Biography Frederic Stendhal is a classic of French literature, which initiated realistic psychologism and expressed in his work the heroic spirit liberated by the era of the Great French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. Stendhal formulated his creative credo as follows: “Apply the techniques of mathematics to the human heart and put in the basis of the […]...
2. On the work of F. Stendhal According to the researchers, Stendhal’s spiritual development was affected by uneasy relations with his father, who was a type of self-satisfied smug bourgeois. The writer built his artistic world in many respects as opposed to his father’s preferences: he placed the free personality and her passions at the center of this world, not submitting to […]...
3. On the novel “Vanina Vanini” by F. Stendhal In the 20-ies. Stendhal creates several works that testify to the rapid development of the writer’s realistic talent. Among them, the novel “Vanina Vanini”, written in 1829, occupies a special place. The hero of this novel was the conspirator-carbonar, one of those whom the writer has often met during his stay in Italy. This is […]...
4. The movement of F. Stendhal to realism 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 […]...
5. Biography of Stendhal Stendhal is a writer, the founder of a realistic novel. Born Stendhal January 23, 1783 in the city of Grenoble. The father of the future writer was a lawyer. As a child, Stendhal lost his mother in his biography. And the education of the boy was mainly engaged in the grandfather, who was familiar with […]...
6. “Red and black” F. Stendhal as a socio-psychological novel The main reason for this definition of the genre specificity of the work is that in it these social processes and collisions are refracted through the prism of the consciousness and reactions of the central hero, his inner struggle and, finally, his dramatic fate. This hero, commoner “with a strikingly peculiar face,” refers to the […]...
7. Features of poetry and style of the novel “Red and Black” F. Stendhal 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 […]...
8. Briefly about the creativity of Merime Prosper Prosper Merimee began his creative career in the mid-1920s. as an active participant in the romantic movement. One by one, his works appeared, not similar to the previous ones on themes and genre nature. The main contribution of Merimee to the French realistic literature is novellistics. Actually, he has great merit in the development of […]...
9. Questions and Answers to Stendhal’s novel “The Red and the Black” What facts of Stendhal’s biography influenced his views? A fascination with the ideals of the Enlightenment, reading of the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot; Participation in the campaign of Napoleon’s army in 1812 to Moscow. What are the aesthetic views of Stendhal, reflected in the novel “Red and Black”? Aesthetic views of Stendhal formed on […]...
10. The participation of F. Stendhal in the romantic movement As already noted, Stendhal was an active participant in the romantic movement and a fighter for the creation of a “new art” in France. The well-known critic Sh. De Sainte-Beuve called him “the hussar of romanticism,” bearing in mind that in the then military tactics the hussar regiments were advanced detachments of the troops, entered […]...
11. Aesthetic creed of the writer Returning in 1822 to France, Stendhal plunges into the atmosphere of literary struggle. Official Paris met its writer unfriendly, here rumors have already come about the “dubious” Italian acquaintances of Stendhal. The writer does not inspire the French policemen with more confidence than the Austrian detectives. Willy-nilly Stendhal has to be extremely careful. He is […]...
12. “Red and black” F. Stendhal as a socio-political novel 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 […]...
13. “I can die on the street” 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 […]...
14. The symbolism of the title of the novel “The Red and the Black” by Stendhal A chervonium is a love, And chorny – then the magazine… D. Pavlychko Since the advent of the novel Stendhal more than 150 years have passed. The novel was read by millions of people in many languages. Many books written about Stendhal’s writings have been written, but so far literary critics can not come to […]...
15. Conflict of Stendhal’s novel “Red and Black” With whom did his struggles leak? With yourself, with yourself… B. Pasternak In the center of Stendhal’s novel is the fate of the descendant of the lower classes, who is trying to break his way into a higher society, to fame and fortune. The author traces the whole path of the hero in detail, from […]...
16. The symbolic capacity of the title of the novel On the manuscript of the completed novel, published under the name “Red and Black,” Stendhal first wrote “Julien Sorel”. And this shows that the writer primarily intended to offer the reader an artistic history of life and death of a young man of low birth who is forced to fight for his existence in the […]...
17. Interesting details of the life and work of F. Stendhal Favorite children’s entertainment writer was a game in the Revolution. “I made myself a small tricolor banner,” he later recalled, “and in the days of the Republicans’ victories wore him alone in the uninhabited rooms of our big house.” Stendhal’s voluminous texts, on which he worked since the 1820s, were preceded by a dedication: “To […]...
18. The age of gold, who imagines himself a “golden age” The life story of the great French novelist is, in essence, the story of his work. Balzac himself said: “The main events of my life are my works”. Indeed, very often the “vital material” penetrated the pages of his novels. More than once in his works the story of a young man who because of […]...
19. The ambiguity of the title of the novel “The Red and the Black” by Stendhal 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 […]...
20. The realism of O. de Balzac The emergence of French realism, beginning with the work of Stendhal, occurred in parallel with the further development of romanticism in France. It is indicative that the first who supported and largely appreciated the realistic search for Stendhal and Balzac were Viktor Hugo and George Sand, vivid representatives of the French Romanticism of the Restoration […]...
21. The negative characters in the novel by Charles D. Dickens “David Copperfield” Many events in the novel “David Copperfield” echo the events in the life of the writer himself. It is a novel-recollection, where the first impressions and judgments of a child are carefully delivered to us by an adult, a writer who managed to keep in his soul the purity of the child’s perception. The first […]...
22. Honore de Balzac – the glory and pride of France Honore de Balzac is a great French writer-realist. His merit in the development of world literature lies primarily in the fact that he raised the genre of the novel to the heights of artistic perfection and social significance. Stendhal was right to call Balzac “the king of novelists.” Looking closely at the surrounding reality, relying […]...
23. C. Dickens and Ukraine Ukrainian fans of verbal art first got acquainted with the work of Charles Dickens in Russian translations. In 1838, the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski (The Notes of the Fatherland) published the full translation of the novel The Posthumous Notes of the Pickwin Club. This novel immediately captivated the Ukrainian reader with its democratism, the incomparable satirical […]...
24. Human and nature 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”, […]...
25. Composition on the theme “The role of books in human life” The book is the greatest teacher of all mankind. This is a friend accompanying us from the nursery cradle to a very old age. The book that is in our hands is capable of giving us very much. But provided that we will also give her some of our attention and time. In the relationship […]...
26. About the cycle “The Human Comedy” by O. de Balzac Having finished the novel “Father Gorio” in 1834, Balzac comes to a fundamentally important decision: he intended to create a grandiose artistic panorama of the life of the French society of the post-revolutionary period, consisting of related novels, stories and stories. To this end, previously written works, after appropriate processing, he includes in the “Human […]...
27. Female images of the novel “Red and Black” by F. Stendhal Interesting and original are the images of Madame de Renal and Matilda de la Mole. In the moral and psychological plan of the novel they act as these poles, between which the brief life of Julien Sorel flashed. It is the love for these two women that reflects the different facets of the character’s character. […]...
28. Images of the main characters of the tragedy “Faust” Goethe I now taste my own supreme moment. I. Goethe Goethe wrote his tragedy “Faust” for over 25 years. The first part of it was published in 1808, the second – only a quarter of a century. This work had a strong influence on all European literature of the first half of the XIX century. Who […]...
29. War in human life The most difficult war in all history, which was in this world is the Great Patriotic War. For a year she experienced the strength and will of our people, but our ancestors passed this test with honor. Many writers described in their works love for the homeland of the Soviet people and hatred of the […]...
30. Art in human life Art was born with homo sapiens. A reasonable person became, when he began to create, to create. First, the items needed for housing, hunting, farming. But it is not enough for an intelligent person to be full and live in warmth. That’s when the creativity that the soul demanded was born. And this is already […]...
31. The vicissitudes of fate Henri-Marie Beyle – pseudonym Frederick Stendhal – was born January 23, 1783 in the small French town of Grenoble, surrounded by snowy peaks of the Alps, in the family of the lawyer Cheruben Beyle. The mother of the future writer – Henrietta Beyle – died when the boy was barely seven years old. His upbringing […]...
32. The main characters are the return Captain Ivanov returned home, demobilized. He was impatiently awaited by his wife and children, Petrushka and Nastya, but the captain was accustomed to living his life in the war, got used to his comrades and did not go home very much. I waited for the train, stayed with the familiar girl Masha, I was at […]...
33. Summary Characters, or Morals of this century J. de LaBruyer Characters, or Manners of the present century In the preface to his “Character”, the author acknowledges that the purpose of the book is an attempt to draw attention to the shortcomings of society “made from nature”, with the aim of correcting them. In each of the 16 eyes he expresses his “characters” […]...
34. The problem of human responsibility for life on Earth in the novel by Ch. Aitmatov “Burannyi polustanik” The thought of the responsibility of man for life on Earth is present in every work of the writer, because in this he sees the meaning of a person’s life. Burannyi Edigey is one of those on which the earth holds. He is associated with his era, he is the son of his time. He […]...
35. The role of teachers in human life The author, telling us about the village school in which he once studied, proudly talks about the role of the great teachers in his life who, not wanting to put up with poverty in school, tried in every possible way to make the life of their students and fellow villagers better and more interesting. With […]...
36. The history of the creation of the story “Gobsek” by O. de Balzac Small in volume, written in the form of a story in a story, the story “Gobsek” is directly related to the novel “Father Gorio”. In this story, we again meet with some “recurring heroes” of the “Human Comedy” Honore de Balzac. Among them – Countess de Resto, the eldest daughter of Father Gorio, as well […]...
37. The influence of art on human writing Art is an integral part of the spiritual culture of mankind. Without accustoming to him, a person will not have a moral spiritual support in life, he will misunderstand various life problems. In other words, art not only educates a person, but also develops his worldview. In his text, Anton Chekhov touches on the problem […]...
38. “Characters, or Manners of this century” LaBruyere in brief summary In the preface to his “Character”, the author acknowledges that the purpose of the book is an attempt to draw attention to the shortcomings of society, “made from nature”, with the aim of correcting them. In each of the 16 chapters, he expresses his “characters” in strict sequence, where he writes the following: “Everything has […]...
39. The role of the book in human life It is difficult for us even to imagine a world in which there is no book. We have become accustomed to it since childhood, she revealed to us the wonderful secrets of life and gave useful advice in a difficult moment, she taught us to understand ourselves. The most important purpose of the book is […]...
40. Conquest of Hearts Strictly all Stendhal experiences his hero in love. It is in love Zhyulen Sorel, despite all attempts to turn this feeling into an instrument of ambitious designs, nature is revealed as a selfless, passionate and tender, without the rest is given to the natural sense, by force of circumstances from time to time to hide […]...