Pushkin's "Dubrovsky": the plot and the history of creation
Pushkin's novel about Vladimir Dubrovsky becamea kind of reflection of the socio-moral stratification of Russians of that time. "Dubrovsky" is included in the compulsory school curriculum on literature and provokes genuine interest among the majority of modern schoolchildren. Moreover, critics of modernity do not get tired of discussing this work.
This work of the great Russian classic aboutthe descendants of the two feuding landlord families remained unfinished, was not prepared for printing, the manuscript notes and remarks of the author himself remained, and did not even have a title. But, nevertheless, it is this novel to this day is considered one of the most famous works about robbers in Russian. The first publication of the novel dates back to 1841. But the work passed strict censorship, during which it underwent significant distortions, changes, some parts of the novel were cut out, missed. The reason for such changes was, of course, the popularization of free-thinking, the display of the robber ataman as a positive hero, who has the ability to love, compassion and empathy. Only many years later, already in Soviet times, the reader had the opportunity to get to know him in full.
The history of the novel "Dubrovsky"
At the heart of the novel the author put the enmity of sociallayers of the country, it is very clearly manifested in its drama, the contrasting scenes of the work, the emotional throws and the hero, and the characters of the second plan. The idea to write a novel of such a plan appeared in Pushkin after he heard from friends a story about a nobleman of Belarusian origin Ostrovsky. It was he who became the prototype of the main character, it was his life's vicissitudes that formed the basis of the work. This story happened in 1830, when Ostrovsky's family estate was taken from him, and his peasants, not wishing to become the property of the new master, chose a robbery path. This story struck Pushkin to the depths of his soul, who was an implacable fighter for the human right to free-thinking and tried in every possible way to emphasize this in his works, for which he was persecuted and disgraced. About the plot of the novel "Dubrovsky"
The plot of the novel unfolds aroundthe fate of the main character. Despite the fact that Vladimir Dubrovsky is endowed with such qualities as nobility, courage, kindness and honesty, his life does not develop, he is haunted by fatal failures and troubles. In the course of the narrative the hero passes not one but three life paths - from the ambitious and wasteful officer of the Guard to the brave and extraordinarily modest teacher Deforge, to the implacable and formidable robber ataman. Having lost the parental home, familiar surroundings from the childhood, society and having lost the possibility of simple cultural communication, the hero loses love as well. At the end of the novel, he has no choice but to go against the law, to engage in a brutal fight with the prevailing mores of the time and the foundations of society. But, nevertheless, he manages to keep honesty, moderate pride and keep the nobility, do not condescend to barbarity, which was inherent in most of the thieves and bandits of those times.
