I. TURGENEV AND H. BEECHER STOWE: THE STORY OF ONE LITERARY CARICATURE
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7278-2022-2-84-89
Abstract
Aim. The purpose is to analyze the history of Turgenev’s creative and personal contacts with Beecher Stowe.
Methodology. The paper analyzes Turgenev’s correspondence featuring the name of Beecher Stowe. The author compares Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s cabin” and Turgenev’s short novel “The inn”. We stress that these texts have thematic closeness as social problems in Russia and USA were common. The analysis is based on the comparative method of investigation.
Results. A detailed analysis reveals Turgenev’s internal protest against American writer’s attitude, possibly due to both personal reasons and his new creative plans since early 1850s.
Research implications. The obtained results make it possible to widen the knowledge about Turgenev’s contacts with American writers. In practice the paper may be used for enhanced comments on Turgenev’s writing.
About the Author
O. Tyunuaeva
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga D. Tyunuaeva – Postgraduate Student, Department of History of Russian Literature
Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991
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