Space, Place, and Landscape
Nineteenth century Russian literature is grounded in its attention to the national manifestations of life and nature. These environmental and personal references are ultimately further emphasized because of their prevalence in metaphors, intrusive narrators, events, and the intricate psyche of characters. Upon close explorations of the local landscapes within these visual texts, there is a conjunction of themes and perception, as these environments shape the events and structure of novels. Similarly, the associated insight and perception contribute to the novel, as they establish an intimate relationship with the reader. These descriptions can evoke pleasure and delight from readers, as they can appeal to the reader’s sensual enjoyment, past experiences, and personal contemplations.
Plot development and setting description share a unique and foundational relationship in A Hero of Our Time by Alexander Lermontov and Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. As frequent as the insertion of landscape is in these novels, considering them to be provisions of pleasure or mere references to places is an understatement, as they are fundamental to the novels’ structure. There are two main avenues by which Lermontov and Pushkin use landscape descriptions to shape the plot: revelations and the passage of time. And it is through these two …show more content…
A Hero of Our Time is proportionate to an adventure tale, in which we see a combination of beauty and danger, where the mountains and waterfalls are sublime and never provoke a sense of horror, shock, or breathlessness. And thus, the narrators work to capture and convey this sense of trepidation, elation, and other extreme emotions through the
Nineteenth century Russian literature is grounded in its attention to the national manifestations of life and nature. These environmental and personal references are ultimately further emphasized because of their prevalence in metaphors, intrusive narrators, events, and the intricate psyche of characters. Upon close explorations of the local landscapes within these visual texts, there is a conjunction of themes and perception, as these environments shape the events and structure of novels. Similarly, the associated insight and perception contribute to the novel, as they establish an intimate relationship with the reader. These descriptions can evoke pleasure and delight from readers, as they can appeal to the reader’s sensual enjoyment, past experiences, and personal contemplations.
Plot development and setting description share a unique and foundational relationship in A Hero of Our Time by Alexander Lermontov and Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. As frequent as the insertion of landscape is in these novels, considering them to be provisions of pleasure or mere references to places is an understatement, as they are fundamental to the novels’ structure. There are two main avenues by which Lermontov and Pushkin use landscape descriptions to shape the plot: revelations and the passage of time. And it is through these two …show more content…
A Hero of Our Time is proportionate to an adventure tale, in which we see a combination of beauty and danger, where the mountains and waterfalls are sublime and never provoke a sense of horror, shock, or breathlessness. And thus, the narrators work to capture and convey this sense of trepidation, elation, and other extreme emotions through the