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1. Births and genres of fiction Births and genres of literature Literature refers to works of human thought, fixed in a written word and having an integral meaning. Every literary work, depending on how the writer depicts reality in it, is attributed to one of three literary genera. epic, lyric or drama. The epic (from the Greek “narrative”) is a generalized […]...
2. “Classical drama” Classicism as an artistic system was formed in the XVII century and covered not only literature but also other kinds of art: painting, sculpture, architecture, music. The name classicism was introduced in the beginning of the XIX century, emphasizing that the artists of this direction imitated the classical “classic”, took it as a model. Classicism […]...
3. Romeo and Juliet as heroes of films. Shakespeare’s drama screen version Shakespeare’s drama about two lovers turned out to be very attractive for filmmakers. During the XX century. on its basis, several films were shot. At the same time, attempts were repeatedly made to modernize the content of the play. For example, in R. Wise’s film “West Side Story”, the feud between the houses of Montague […]...
4. On the work of W. Shakespeare As a playwright Shakespeare appeared, in all probability, in the late 1580’s, and by 1592 he had gained enough fame to become the target of critical attacks by fellow feuders. Shakespeare’s work began with chronicles that represented the events of national history. The appeal to this genre allowed the playwright to develop a large-scale artistic […]...
5. Epic genres in literature In the epic kind of literature (others – epos – word, speech), the organizer of the work is the narration about the characters (actors), their fates, deeds, moods, events in their life that make up the storyline. This – a chain of verbal messages, or, more simply, a story about what happened before. The narrative […]...
6. The problem of human dignity in the drama of Groza Special attention of Russian writers in the 50s-60s of the XIX century attracted three themes: serfdom, the emergence of a new force in public life – the heterogeneous intelligentsia and the position of women in the family and society. Among these themes was one more – the tyranny of tyranny, the tyranny of money and […]...
7. “Doll House” G. Ibsen as a work of “new drama” 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 […]...
8. Soulful drama of Catherine Katerina is the central character in Ostrovsky’s play “The Storm”. Since the writing of the work is very popular. Performances based on the play do not go off the stage of the largest theaters. The main reason for such popularity in the talented disclosure of the author’s character Catherine. The inevitable conflict with others and […]...
9. What is the epic, lyrics and drama Any literary work belongs to one of three literary genres: an epic, a lyric or a drama. The epic in ancient Greece was called narrative, story. The author of the epic work, as Aristotle said, relates “about the event as something separate from itself.” In an epic work, as a rule, there is a plot, […]...
10. Moliere is a great comediographer of the era of classicism None of the periods of development of art does not pass without a trace. Artistic discoveries of classicism are alive to the present day. One of the testimonies of the living significance of classicism in literature is the work of Moliere. Jean Baptiste Poquelin lived a very short life, but forever entered the history of […]...
11. What is a dramatic work The defining characteristic of the dramatic work is that almost the entire text of the work is represented by the speech of the characters. In dialogues, the actors exchange their opinions, express their attitude to the subject of conversation, their location of spirit and feelings. His character monologue can appeal to the viewer, to himself. […]...
12. Composition is my favorite actor I like to go to the cinema. Not far from my house there is a cinema. I usually go to the movies with my friends on Sundays. We do not like to attend evening sessions and usually buy tickets for the show in the morning or afternoon. I prefer to watch American, English and other […]...
13. Innovation of Chekhov-playwright Chekhov is usually called “Shakespeare of the 20th century”. Indeed, his dramaturgy, like Shakespeare’s, played a huge pivotal role in the history of the world drama. Born in Russia at the turn of the new century, she developed into such an innovative artistic system that defined the ways of the future development of drama and […]...
14. Features of Chekhov’s dramaturgy The first dramatic experiments (vaudeville, one-act plays) Chekhov made back in the 80’s, but he wrote great plays only at the turn of the century. He initially set himself the task of creating fundamentally new plays written outside the pre-existing dramatic principles. What is the essence of the innovation of Chekhov’s drama? Before Chekhov, there […]...
15. Roman poetry In the III century BC. e. under Greek influence, Roman literature arose. Venerable historians were Roman annals (annals) in Greek. In the I century BC. he lived a famous Roman literature Cicero (106-43 BC) – the greatest orator, writer, connoisseur of Greek philosophy. His publicistic works are attributed to the best examples of Roman prose. […]...
16. Summary Aristophanes Aristophanes (other Greek, Greek) (444 BC – between 387 and 380, Athens) is an ancient Greek comedian, “the father of comedy.” Aristophanes put his first comedy in 427, but under a different name. When a year later (426) he ridiculed in his “Babylonians” a powerful demagogue, Cleon’s tanner, the latter accused him before the council […]...
17. Shakespeare’s heroes on the world stage. About Shakespeare’s drama production “Romeo and Juliet” One of the reasons for the long-term dramatic success of Shakespeare’s dramas is their amazing theatricality. Many spectators received from Shakespeare’s performances the brightest theatrical impressions in their lives. Many actors best revealed their talents when playing roles in Shakespeare’s plays. Many of the creators of the performances reached their main creative peaks in the […]...
18. Life is short art forever “Life is short, art is eternal,” the ancient Romans said. This expression means that the values ​​embodied in works of art are eternal and do not lose their significance. Looking at the great architectural structures of the past, you are convinced that this saying is absolutely true. But what about the works of verbal art? […]...
19. Creativity Shakespeare-playwright Shakespeare’s playwright-play is divided into three periods: Первый, так называемый оптимистический, ознаменован появлением произведений, которые пронизаны верой в победу добра над злом, торжеством человечности, ума и справедливости. Наиболее известные среди них – исторические хроники “Ричард III”, “Генрих IV”, а также искрометные комедии “Укрощение строптивой”, “Сон в летнюю ночь”, “Венецианский купец”, “Много шума из ничего”, “Двенадцатая […]...
20. What is the plot of the work What is the plot? The concept of “plot” has many meanings depending on the sphere of use. The word itself comes from the French “sujet”, which literally translates as “subject”. If we consider the question of what is the story from the point of view of drama, epic, script, poem or film, then this concept […]...
21. “Eternal” theme of love in the tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” There is no sadder story in the world than the tale of Romeo and Juliet. V. Shakespeare The famous tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” was first staged in 1595. Centuries have passed, but today, as in the days of Shakespeare, this “sad story” makes one tremble of heart, as this eternal theme continues […]...
22. The summary of the drama of the Block “Puppet Show” Date of birth of Alexander Blok, November 28, 1921. Block, left a trace of himself, as a poet and playwright, as a participant and the founder of symbolism. His literary heritage is the most vivid phenomenon of Russian literature, which contributed to the enormous influence on the literature of the whole world. Alexander’s parents did […]...
23. Genre of a literary fairy tale The word “fairy tale” appeared in Russian in the seventeenth century. For four centuries, the meaning of the term has changed, and now it stands for a literary work of an epic nature. The plot of this work is fiction-oriented. It can contain elements of real life, sometimes even a lot, but with the characters […]...
24. What are riddles? Who among us does not like to solve riddles? It’s so cool – to break your head over something interesting, to show your erudition and flashing with knowledge! But now we will talk about what a mystery is, and what it can be. The riddle is one of the kinds of folklore genre, which implies […]...
25. Biography Moliere (1622-1673 gg.) – French playwright, actor, theatrical figure. Moliere was born in the family of the royal furniture and furniture maker J. Poklen, who managed to place his son in Clermont College. Young Poklen received a broad education, showing a special inclination towards ancient literature and philosophy. After graduating from college (1639), the young man […]...
26. Biography of Adam Sandler Actor, comedian and musician Adam Sandler was a member of the show’s “Saturday Night Live”. The star of such films as “Love knocking down” and “Singer at the wedding.” Carier start Adam was born on September 9, 1966 in New York. He grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, in a family where he was one […]...
27. What is opera Opera in translation from Italian means composition. Opera is a kind of musical-dramatic work based on a harmonious combination of music, stage action and words. Opera differs from other types of dramatic theater in that music is the main bearer of action, its driving force. For the first time the opera originated in Italy, in […]...
28. Summary of the drama of M. Yu. Lermontov “Masquerade” Evgeny Alexandrovich Arbenin, a man of not the first youth, a player by nature and by profession, getting rich on cards, decides to change his destiny: conclude an “alliance with virtue,” marry and heal with a master. It is conceived – done. Life, however, makes a significant correction to this most beautiful plan. After getting […]...
29. Biography Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich (3.10.1742 – 14.1.1791) Knyazhnin Yakov Borisovich [3.10.1742 (or 1740), Pskov – 14.1.1791, St. Petersburg], playwright, poet, translator, member of the Russian Academy (1783). Of the nobility. From 1750 he studied at the Academic Gymnasium. From 1755 the Junker junior of the College of Livonian, Estland and Finnish Affairs, from 1757 the translator of the Chancellery […]...
30. Composition review “The fate of a man” After reading the story “The Fate of Man”, I would like to note that it is similar to the novel in the volume of the covered historical material described in it, which was placed on the pages of the story. Mikhail Sholokhov can be attributed to writers-realists. Describing a happy Soviet existence, he did not […]...
31. Biography Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich (1759-1805) – German poet, playwright, art theorist, historian. He was brought up in a religious atmosphere, which affected his early poems. Among the interests of the future founder of German classical literature are the American liberation movement, the work of Shakespeare, Lessing, the works of German writers, the anti-feudal traditions of Swabian literature and journalism. […]...
32. “The Dowry” Ostrovsky composition “Dowry” is one of Ostrovsky’s most significant plays of the last period – “The Dowryless Woman” (1878) – and in some respects recalls “The Storm”. But the differences, perhaps, are more than similarities. The composition of the new play is organized more strictly: all events – occurring within one day, are directly related to the […]...
33. William Shakespeare. Biography William Shakespeare is an English playwright, poet and actor of the Renaissance. His plays, distinguished by an unprecedented variety of types, positions and characters, form a special world – the Shakespearean theater. The dramas of Shakespeare had a tremendous impact on the development of the world theater and are still being successfully performed on stages […]...
34. The Problem of Generations The problem of mutual understanding of generations was reflected in the work of many Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, it worries contemporary writers and, I think, will always be relevant as long as human society exists and develops. Each of the writers in his own way saw this conflict and its participants. […]...
35. Writings on the sonnets of W. Shakespeare The sonnets of William Shakespeare belong to the remarkable examples of lyrical poetry of the Renaissance. In total Shakespeare created 154 sonnet. Most of the works reveal the theme of love, but many of them are devoted to friendship, philosophical reflections, and sometimes they reflect the issues of artistic creativity. In the rich heritage of […]...
36. Biography Ostrovsky Alexander (1823 – 1886) Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich (1823-1886) – playwright, theatrical figure. In 1840 Ostrovsky graduated from the First Moscow Gymnasium with a humanitarian bias. In the years 1840-1843. studied at the Moscow University at the Faculty of Law. But still in the gymnasium Ostrovsky was carried away by literary creativity and left his studies as […]...
37. The summary of the drama of AN Ostrovsky “The Thunderstorm” Main characters: Savel Prokofievich Dikoy – a merchant, a significant person in the city. Boris Grigoryevich is his nephew, an educated young man. Marfa Ignatyevna Kabanova – a widow, rich merchant. Tikhon Ivanovich Kabanov is her son. Katerina is his wife. Varvara is the sister of Tikhon Kabanov. Kuligin is a self-taught watchmaker looking for […]...
38. Summary “From Goethe” The novel was written in 1774. The story was based on the story that Goethe himself witnessed. In 1772, the writer was in Wenceslas, a small town. Here in the office of the imperial court, he was practicing law. Fate brought him with a certain Kestner, who served as secretary of the Hanoverian Embassy. Goethe […]...
39. Family Library In our family there is a personal library. It is small, within the capabilities of a standard two-bedroom apartment. It has about 2,5 thousand books. The beginning of the collection of books in our house was put by my grandmother immediately after the end of the Great Patriotic War. She collected Russian and foreign art […]...
40. Formation of the character of the heroine of the drama G. Ibsen “Doll house” I need to stay alone to figure it out. In itself and in everything else. G. Ibsen The play “Doll House”, written in 1879, is still the most popular of the Ibsen dramas. It is most often put theaters around the world. This is partly because the Doll House was one of the most important […]...