An essay on the work on the topic: What is interesting about Karamzin’s story “Poor Liza”? Essay “What is interesting about the story of N.M.

Her chosen one, Erast, is presented in a completely different light. The author gives him the following description: “... this Erast was a rather rich nobleman, with a fair mind and a kind heart, but weak and flighty, he led an absent-minded life, thought only about his own pleasure, looked for it in secular amusements, but often did not find it " Erast is the complete opposite of Lisa, he does not have her integrity, her purity. He is corrupted by secular life, has already learned a lot, but is also disappointed.
Lisa captivates Erast with her beauty and innocence. He admires her, even tries to fight the desire to be in a closer relationship with her. “I will live with Liza like brother and sister,” he thought, “I will not use her love for evil and I will always be happy!”
But Erast’s good intentions are not destined to come true. Young people succumb to passion, and from that moment their relationships change. Lisa is afraid of punishment for her action, she is afraid of the thunder: “I’m afraid that the thunder will kill me like a criminal!” She is happy and deeply unhappy at the same time. The author shows his attitude towards love and says that “the fulfillment of all desires is the most dangerous temptation of love.” Nevertheless, he still does not condemn his heroine and still admires her, because nothing can discredit a beautiful, pure soul.
In the end, Erast decides to leave Lisa. First, he goes to war, loses his entire fortune at cards, returns and marries a rich widow for money. Erast is trying to pay off Lisa with money. The girl experiences a strong emotional shock and, unable to bear it, throws herself into the pond. Her death is tragic and terrible, the author speaks about it with deep sorrow.
At first glance, Erast appears to be an insidious seducer, but in reality this is not entirely true. It is not without reason that, in order to somehow justify the hero, Karamzin says that Erast was unhappy all his life and considered himself a murderer.
In the story “Poor Liza,” Karamzin touched on very serious and important problems, but did not indicate the way to resolve them, and he did not set such a goal for himself. The imperfection of the social structure and human nature is a real fact, and it is pointless to reproach anyone for this. P. Berkov writes the following about this: “Most likely the idea of the story is that the structure of the world (not modern, but in general!) is such that the beautiful and just cannot always be realized: some can be happy... others... . can not".

Why is the story interesting to the modern reader?

The love story connecting these two characters, different in character and class, was the most discussed during the author’s lifetime. For the modern reader it is interesting, first of all, for its originality. For a long time there has been no such thing as serfdom. Class inequality took other forms. Today, any person is free to fall in love with someone who seems attractive to him. At the time the story was written, peasant women were in bondage. They did not have the right to choose their own grooms. Such a bold step on the part of the main character Karamzin became another innovation in Russian literature, along with sentimentalism.

Lisa herself decided to be close to Erast, for his sake refusing the marriage proposal received from the son of a wealthy fellow villager. Even knowing that a man of the noble class most likely would not become her husband in the future, she chose love. He, in turn, promised to always take care of her and after the death of her mother, he would take her to his care. Such an act seems to us extremely noble, if not for one circumstance. Erast could not keep his word. During his army service, he often played cards and lost almost all of his fortune. For this reason, he preferred an older lady to Lisa, who promised to cover his debts.

The ending of the story is quite sad. Lisa decides to say goodbye to life, since the world without her loved one loses its meaning for her. It’s even more difficult to realize that she and Erast were once happy, and now he betrayed her. Lisa's mother also died, unable to bear such a blow, and Erast remained unhappy for the rest of his life. In addition to its artistic and stylistic merits, this story contains a valuable idea. The author wanted to convey to his contemporaries and their descendants that all people are equal and equally deserving of respect if they have a humane character. Moreover, he believed that commoners could be more noble than nobles: they could live relying on their feelings and moral principles.

N. M. Karamzin is one of the most prominent representatives of Russian sentimentalism. All his works are imbued with deep humanity and humanism. The subjects depicted in them are the emotional experiences of the heroes, their inner world, the struggle of passions and the development of relationships. The story “Poor Liza” is rightly considered the best work of N. M. Karamzin. It touches on two main problems, the disclosure of which requires a deep analysis and understanding of Russian reality in the 18th century. and the essence of human nature in general. Most contemporaries were delighted with “Poor Lisa.” They absolutely correctly understood the idea of the author, who simultaneously analyzed the essence of human passions, relationships and the harsh Russian reality. The most interesting is the love line of this work. Never before in Russian literature has love been described so vividly and so beautifully. Analysis of the characters' feelings and experiences absorbs the author. Lisa and Erast are representatives of different social classes: she is from a poor family, he is a rich nobleman. The image of Lisa is beautiful and romantic, she captivates with her spiritual purity and nobility. The girl was born into a family of honest and hardworking people, and she herself works tirelessly. Lisa speaks of her mother with deep respect and love and is grateful for the fact that she gave her life. In addition, the girl is extremely honest and believes that money can only be taken for work. She refuses to take a ruble from Erast for flowers, because they are not that expensive. Lisa is an example of spiritual purity and purity. Her chosen one, Erast, is presented in a completely different light. The author gives him the following description: “... this Erast was a rather rich nobleman, with a fair mind and a kind heart, but weak and flighty, he led an absent-minded life, thought only about his own pleasure, looked for it in secular amusements, but often did not find it " Erast is the complete opposite of Lisa, he does not have her integrity, her purity. He is corrupted by secular life, has already learned a lot, but is also disappointed. Lisa captivates Erast with her beauty and innocence. He admires her, even tries to fight the desire to be in a closer relationship with her. “I will live with Liza like brother and sister,” he thought, “I will not use her love for evil and I will always be happy!” But Erast’s good intentions are not destined to come true. Young people succumb to passion, and from that moment their relationships change. Lisa is afraid of punishment for her action, she is afraid of the thunder: “I am afraid that the thunder will kill me like a criminal! “She is happy and deeply unhappy at the same time. The author shows his attitude towards love and says that “the fulfillment of all desires is the most dangerous temptation of love.” Nevertheless, he still does not condemn his heroine and still admires her, because nothing can discredit a beautiful, pure soul. In the end, Erast decides to leave Lisa. First, he goes to war, loses his entire fortune at cards, returns and marries a rich widow for money. Erast is trying to pay off Lisa with money. The girl experiences a strong emotional shock and, unable to bear it, throws herself into the pond. Her death is tragic and terrible, the author speaks about it with deep sorrow. At first glance, Erast appears to be an insidious seducer, but in reality this is not entirely true. It is not without reason that, in order to somehow justify the hero, Karamzin says that Erast was unhappy all his life and considered himself a murderer. In the story “Poor Liza,” Karamzin touched on very serious and important problems, but did not indicate the way to resolve them, and he did not set such a goal for himself. The imperfection of the social structure and human nature is a real fact, and it is pointless to reproach anyone for this. P. Berkov writes the following about this: “Most likely the idea of the story is that the structure of the world (not modern, but in general!) is such that the beautiful and just cannot always be realized: some can be happy... others... . can not".

What is interesting about N. M. Karamzin’s story “Poor Liza”?
N. M. Karamzin is one of the most prominent representatives of Russian sentimentalism. All his works are imbued with deep humanity and humanism. The subjects depicted in them are the emotional experiences of the heroes, their inner world, the struggle of passions and the development of relationships.

The story “Poor Liza” is rightly considered the best work of N. M. Karamzin. It touches on two main problems, the disclosure of which requires a deep analysis and understanding of Russian reality in the 18th century. and the essence of human nature in general. Most contemporaries were delighted with “Poor Lisa.” They absolutely correctly understood the idea of the author, who simultaneously analyzed the essence of human passions, relationships and the harsh Russian reality.

The most interesting is the love line of this work. Never before in Russian literature has love been described so vividly and so beautifully. Analysis of the characters' feelings and experiences absorbs the author.

Lisa and Erast are representatives of different social classes: she is from a poor family, he is a rich nobleman. The image of Lisa is beautiful and romantic, she captivates with her spiritual purity and nobility.

The girl was born into a family of honest and hardworking people, and she herself works tirelessly. Lisa speaks of her mother with deep respect and love and is grateful for the fact that she gave her life. In addition, the girl is extremely honest and believes that money can only be taken for work. She refuses to take a ruble from Erast for flowers, because they are not that expensive. Lisa is an example of spiritual purity and purity.

Lisa captivates Erast with her beauty and innocence. He admires her, even tries to fight the desire to be in a closer relationship with her. “I will live with Liza like brother and sister,” he thought, “I will not use her love for evil and I will always be happy!”

But Erast’s good intentions are not destined to come true. Young people succumb to passion, and from that moment their relationships change. Lisa is afraid of punishment for her action, she is afraid of the thunder: “I’m afraid that the thunder will kill me like a criminal!” She is happy and deeply unhappy at the same time. The author shows his attitude towards love and says that “the fulfillment of all desires is the most dangerous temptation of love.” Nevertheless, he still does not condemn his heroine and still admires her, because nothing can discredit a beautiful, pure soul.

In the end, Erast decides to leave Lisa. First, he goes to war, loses his entire fortune at cards, returns and marries a rich widow for money. Erast is trying to pay off Lisa with money. The girl experiences a strong emotional shock and, unable to bear it, throws herself into the pond. Her death is tragic and terrible, the author speaks about it with deep sorrow.

At first glance, Erast appears to be an insidious seducer, but in reality this is not entirely true. It is not without reason that, in order to somehow justify the hero, Karamzin says that Erast was unhappy all his life and considered himself a murderer.

In the story “Poor Liza,” Karamzin touched on very serious and important problems, but did not indicate the way to resolve them, and he did not set such a goal for himself. The imperfection of the social structure and human nature is a real fact, and it is pointless to reproach anyone for this. P. Berkov writes the following about this: “Most likely the idea of the story is that the structure of the world (not modern, but in general!) is such that the beautiful and just cannot always be realized: some can be happy... others... . can not".

Karamzin's stories. Their ideological and artistic features.

Parameter name	Meaning
Article topic:	Karamzin's stories. Their ideological and artistic features.
Rubric (thematic category)	Literature

The most complete features of Karamzin’s sentimental prose: the pathos of humanity, psychologism, subjective sensitivity, lyricism of the narrative and simple “elegant” language - appeared in his stories. They reflected the author’s increased attention to the analysis of love feelings and emotional experiences of the characters. The birth of Russian psychological prose is associated with the name of Karamzin.

An important and progressive moment in the writer’s creative activity was the recognition of the individual’s right, regardless of class, to exercise internal freedom. Hence, the ideological basis of the story “Poor Liza” was the writer’s statement “and peasant women know how to love.” This psychological story enjoyed particular success among readers. It was published in 1792. in the Moscow Journal.

The plot of the story is unpretentious and very common in literature: the love of a poor girl and a young nobleman. At the root of the story is a life situation. The social inequality of the peasant girl and the nobleman predetermined the tragic outcome of their love. At the same time, for Karamzin it is important, first of all, to convey the psychological state of the characters, to create an appropriate lyrical mood that can evoke a reciprocal emotional feeling in the reader. And although all of Karamzin’s sympathies are on the side of the lovely, meek poor Liza, nevertheless, he tries to explain Erast’s act by circumstances, by the character of the hero. Erast was endowed with a “kind heart, kind by nature, but weak and flighty.” The habit of an idle and wealthy life forced him, due to weakness of character, to improve his affairs by marrying a rich widow.

Dramatic and sometimes tragic events are intended to evoke not indignation or anger, but a sad, melancholic feeling. Despite the vitality of the situation, the author's subjective emotional perception prevented genuine typification. The life of Lisa and her mother bore little resemblance to the real life of peasants.

The lyrical style of narration creates a certain mood. The landscape and the special melodic structure of speech serve this purpose in the story.

Karamzin often resorts to verbal repetitions and epithets that express emotionality.

At the beginning of the story, a kind of exposition is given - a description of the outskirts of Moscow not far from the Simonov Monastery, which, with its elegiac tone, predetermines the tragic denouement.

For the first time in Karamzin's prose, landscape became a means of conscious aesthetic influence. Readers of the story believed in the authenticity of the story, and the surroundings of the Simonov Monastery, the pond in which Lisa died, became a place of pilgrimage.

Karamzin showed that ordinary people are also characterized by high and noble feelings.

In 1803 ᴦ. The magazine “Bulletin of Europe” published the story “Marfa Posadnitsa, or the Conquest of Novgorod”.

In this story, he pays great attention to historical events, raising the question of forms of government: republic or monarchy. By the time the story was written, Karamzin’s interest in history intensified, although in “Marfa Posadnitsa” the historical facts were changed. The times of Ivan III, the conquest of Novgorod, accompanied by brutal reprisals against the Novgorodians, and the events of the 15th century served Karamzin to answer the question posed.

In the story, the monarchy wins, which was unshakable for Karamzin, but he managed to create a heroic image of Martha, a strong and strong-willed character who evokes sympathy with her fight for the republic. It personifies the “freedom” of republican rule and the image of Vadim. Like Martha, Vadim must die, but the spirit of these 2 strong people is not broken and the reader’s sympathy is on their side.

Through the lips of Prince Kholmsky, Karamzin again repeats what was repeatedly heard in his works: “Wild peoples love independence, wise peoples love order; but there is no order without autocratic power.”

Portraying the people, Karamzin, in essence, shows them as passive. In the powerfully written scene of the execution of Martha, the people were still silent, but after it, “the citizens finally exclaimed: glory to the Russian sovereign!” It is characteristic that the plot of the story, its political themes, violated the sensitive, smooth style usual for Karamzin’s stories. Here we also encounter high syllables and the use of Slavicisms.

“Marfa Posadnitsa” was Karamzin’s last work of fiction, after which he began working as a historiographer on “The History of the Russian State”.

Karamzin was the founder of the romantic story. (ʼʼBornholm Islandʼʼ).

“The Island of Bornholm” is a story that is unusual both in plot and poetics for Karamzin’s contemporary literature. It reflects the author's pessimism caused by the French Revolution, the Jacobin dictatorship (1793) and subsequent events in Europe. The emotional intensity of this work is also achieved by an unclear, secret, inexplicable plot. True, in the story the plot has minimal significance, the main thing is the mood, an alarming mood that evokes an incomprehensible fear, which is aggravated by the gloomy, gloomy landscape. Already the meeting with the Gravesend stranger and his song are mysterious and make the reader’s imagination work, then the gloomy medieval castle and a new meeting, even more mysterious, terrifying.

We know almost nothing about the heroes of the story: who they are, why they suffer, why their love is forbidden. Mystery and reticence are emphasized by the fragmentary nature of the narrative, the author's emotional digressions, and the deeply elegiac tone of the narrator. The story is told from the third person, and the image of the narrator of the story, his thoughts, experiences, attitude towards lovers, whom he is ready to justify due to the depth of their feelings, although the passion of two people is illegal, acquires special significance. “Gloomy nature”, a harsh, wild island - all this creates a certain mood, everything leads to the idea of the frailty of earthly existence.

Hood. special sept. Karamzin's prose and the reform of Russian literature. Language. (see ticket about Karamzin's stories)

The success of Karamzin's prose works largely depended on the writer's stylistic reform.

In an effort to create a new Russian literary language to replace the 3 styles adopted by classicism, Karamzin set himself the task of bringing the literary language closer to the spoken language. He believed that any ideas and “even ordinary thoughts” could be expressed clearly and “pleasantly”.

Karamzin put forward a requirement - to write “as they say”, but he was guided by the colloquial speech of the educated noble class, clearing the language not only of archaisms, but also of common words. He considered it legitimate to enrich the Russian language through the assimilation of individual foreign words and new forms of expression. He introduced many new words: love, humane, public, industry, which enriched the vocabulary of the Russian language. At the same time, the disadvantage of the reform of lit. Karamzin's language was a departure from the rapprochement of the Russian literary language with the language of the common people.

The limitations of Karamzin's reform were due to the fact that his language was far from the folk basis. Pushkin was able to understand and correct this. At the same time, Karamzin’s merit was the desire, carried out by him in his literary practice, to expand the boundaries of the literary language, liberate it from archaisms, and bring the literary language closer to the living spoken language of an educated society.

Karamzin's stories. Their ideological and artistic features. - concept and types. Classification and features of the category "Karamzin's Stories. Their ideological and artistic features." 2017, 2018.