SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES IN THEIR SEARCHES OF THE COMMON PEOPLE΄S GOOD
Abstract
The Russian intellectuals in 1860s ardently refl
ected on such questions as negative or positive effect of the
scientifi c and technological advance for the working people,
the role of the spiritual and economic factors in the transformation
of the common peoples lives. Herzen and Pecherine,
Chernyschevsky, historian Bestuzhev-Rumin, Pisarev argued
about this problem. Dostoevsky believed, that material welfare
could not be the aim of human existence. The works of
Saltykov-Shchedrin proved that misery situation of the Russian
peasantry and its narrow-mindedness were connected
so closely, that it was impossible to separate the reasons from
the consequences. The satirist together with other writers-realists
showed the complexity and drama of this problem to the
following generations.
ected on such questions as negative or positive effect of the
scientifi c and technological advance for the working people,
the role of the spiritual and economic factors in the transformation
of the common peoples lives. Herzen and Pecherine,
Chernyschevsky, historian Bestuzhev-Rumin, Pisarev argued
about this problem. Dostoevsky believed, that material welfare
could not be the aim of human existence. The works of
Saltykov-Shchedrin proved that misery situation of the Russian
peasantry and its narrow-mindedness were connected
so closely, that it was impossible to separate the reasons from
the consequences. The satirist together with other writers-realists
showed the complexity and drama of this problem to the
following generations.
About the Author
Ирина Павлова
Институт мировой литературы
Российской академии наук (г. Москва)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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