Do you agree with the opinion of D. Pisarev, who claims that Pavel Petrovich is a hero of the Pechorin type? based on the novel Fathers and Sons (Turgenev I.


Is it possible to agree with the idea of ​​the critic Pisarev that Pavel Kirsanov is a hero of the Pechorin type?

Work by A.S. Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" was completed in 1830. The time of the end of the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time” - 1841

Thus, the main characters of the works of Pushkin and Lermontov are separated in time by only ten years: Onegin is from the era of the twenties, Pechorin is the “hero ... of time” of the thirties.

In his article “Bazarov”, literary critic D.I. Pisarev notes in them the features of “superfluous people” who “did not fit” into the usual forms of life, did not find their calling, did not identify for themselves the main, genuine interest that could constitute the meaning of their existence.

“At all times,” the critic writes, “there have been people in the world who were dissatisfied with life in general or with some forms of life in particular.”

Onegin and Pechorin belong to the category of such people.

“...the inactivity and vulgarity of life choke Onegin.” He cannot be content with “what self-loving mediocrity is so happy with, so happy.” (V. Belinsky. “Works of Alexander Pushkin.”)

Precisely, as the critic Belinsky believes, “empty light” is the environment that ruined the best qualities of Onegin’s soul.

Grigory Pechorin in the novel by M.Yu. Lermontov’s “Hero of Our Time” is a contradictory nature. “Immense powers” ​​did not manifest themselves in any way in the life of this naturally gifted man. Therefore, the hero is unhappy, therefore “he madly chases after life, looking for it everywhere.” Pechorin strives to translate his “high purpose” into action; he is looking for true values ​​in life. However, it turns out that his strength is wasted, and the events and people he meets along the way are too simple and uncomplicated for him.

And what could make Pechorin happy?

He dreams of being “loved by everyone,” but a devoted, selfless, loving soul, it seems to him, is not around. Grigory Alexandrovich is loved by Mary, Vera, Bela, Maxim Maksimych values ​​​​his friendship with him, but he quickly “unravels” them and loses interest in them. He himself “was carried away by the lures of empty and ungrateful passions.”

Pechorin's nature is very deep. The time will come, and Pechorin, having survived passions and doubts, will become different - a man, strong in spirit, intelligent and resilient. This is the opinion of the critic Belinsky.

Pavel Petrovich in the novel by I.S. Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" cannot be called a hero of the Pechorin type, although in some ways these two people are similar. His upbringing, secularism, aristocracy, and wealth give him a feeling of superiority over other people. He, essentially the same age as Pechorin, also experiences the influence of his difficult time, the era of “timelessness.” But Pechorin’s throwing is unusual for him. He thinks he's irresistible. As a socialite, a man of rare destiny, he is confident that his luck and success in his career are given to him by right.

Unhappy love broke him, took away the best years of his life.

At the same time, Pavel Petrovich was always a narcissistic person, and for him it was more important to appear than to be.

Pechorin, with his ardent disposition and desire to “fool” (Pisarev’s expression), is a much more sincere and open person to people than Kirsanov.

Pechorin is assessed by critics as a “superfluous person” experiencing a conflict with his time and environment.

I think the critic is right in his assessment. Turgenev deliberately emphasized the image of Bazarov with the help of dialogues. Disputes provide an opportunity to better understand the life principles of the characters. The main opponent of the hero is retired officer Kirsanov. The author confronts two extremes in the novel - a nihilist and an aristocrat, showing the need to find a golden mean.

Pavel Petrovich is about 45 years old.

He was born at the same time as Lermontov, his personality was formed in the 30s, in an atmosphere that gave birth to “superfluous” people like Pechorin. This is probably what an aged Lermontov hero would look like. In his youth, Pavel Petrovich was also characterized by skepticism, bile, “proud contempt” and seething “in empty action.” Drawing the image of Kirsanov, Turgenev notes that he was self-confident and mocking, a brilliant career awaited him, but fatal love changed the fate of the nobleman.

The novel is permeated with ideological disputes. Compositionally and artistically, the scene of the argument between the characters in the tenth chapter is important. Pavel Petrovich proves: only empty and immoral people can live without “principles.” It is necessary to be guided by clear rules, even if they have become obsolete. Evgeniy Vasilyevich retorts that “principle” is a meaningless foreign word. In response to Kirsanov’s contempt for the people, Bazarov straightforwardly explains his attitude towards the ignorant peasant: “Well, if he deserves contempt!”

The author is attracted to the hero’s open radicalism by the lack of pretense, contempt for pompous phrases and impulse towards practical matters. Evgeniy is strong in denouncing Kirsanov’s conservatism, in criticizing the idle talk and lordly effeminacy of Russian liberals. He rightly notes that Pavel Petrovich uses clever words, but sits with folded hands.

The resolution of the ideological dispute occurs only in the 24th chapter, which tells of a duel between opponents. This episode was a natural consequence of the development of the plot. After the duel, Kirsanov Sr. confesses to his brother: “I am beginning to think that Bazarov was right when he reproached me for aristocracy.” In his opinion, it’s time for middle-aged people to stop breaking down and think about society; they need to put vanity aside.

At the end of the novel, Turgenev pronounces his verdict on conservatism, describing how Pavel Petrovich moistened his forehead with cologne and lay down: “... his emaciated head lay on a white pillow, like the head of a dead man... Yes, he was a dead man.” This sentence is the final point in the dispute between old and new, which was set by the author himself.

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The heroes of Lermontov and Turgenev - Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin and Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov - are people belonging to the same social group, but living at different times. After the massacre of the Decembrists in 1825, the time came for the generation about which M. Yu. Lermontov wrote: “... the cowardly is shameful before danger and despicable slaves before power...” This is not said about all the young and mature - Pechorin can and should be spoken of as extraordinary personality, as a very interesting person. This is how M.Yu. Lermontov shows him when he draws an unusual portrait of Pechorin, talks about his actions, about his friendship with Doctor Werner, about Pechorin’s only love for Vera Litovskaya, about the hero’s desire to find his place in life. You may or may not like Pechorin, but you cannot remain indifferent to him. The hero appeals to some with his straightforwardness, but offends others; some like his sincerity, while others see cruelty in it. Two or three episodes from the life of the hero M. Yu. Lermontov remain in the reader’s memory as an example of the hero’s honesty and decency, for example, an explanation with Princess Mary, and a duel with Grushnitsky, when Pechorin gives a person a chance to admit his mistakes and avoid a duel. But in the scene of farewell to Maxim Maksimych - cold, cruel - it seems that no one likes Pechorin, and rightly so.

There is essentially nothing to say about Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov... Pose is a very short description of his behavior. But there are points that deserve the reader's attention. In his dispute with Bazarov, Pavel Petrovich is right when he asserts that life, with its ready-made, historically grown forms, can be smarter than an individual or a group of people. Pavel Petrovich reproaches Bazarov for contempt for the people, the nihilist counters the reproach: “Well, if he deserves contempt!” Kirsanov talks about Schiller and Goethe, Bazarov exclaims: “A decent chemist is twenty times more useful than any poet!” etc. But if Pavel Petrovich comes to belittle the human personality in front of accepted principles, then Bazarov asserts his own personality at the cost of destroying authorities.

Pavel Petrovich's youth passed in the 1830s in an atmosphere of mute reaction; his mature years coincided with the period of the “gloomy seven years.” He is unable to understand the demands of the new era; the views of the younger generation are deeply alien to him. As Turgenev wrote: “Look into the faces of the “fathers” - weakness and lethargy or limitation.” Pavel Petrovich considers himself a liberal and a lover of progress. He talks a lot about the public good, but Bazarov is right when he tells him: “... you respect yourself and sit with your hands folded; What is the use of this? All of Pavel Petrovich’s principles boil down to one thing: to protect the old order.

Do these people – Pechorin and Pavel Petrovich – have anything in common? What allowed D.I. Pisarev to compare Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov with Pechorin of “small size”? First of all, I think, character traits: selfishness, conceit, indisputability in judgments, manner of dressing, behavior in society... In matters of principle, one should not, one simply cannot compare Pavel Petrovich with Pechorin.

At the end of the novel, I. S. Turgenev, talking about P. P. Kirsanov’s stay in Dresden, seems to put an end to this comparison: “...between two and four o’clock, at the most fashionable time for a walk, you can meet a man about fifty years old... elegantly dressed... This is Pavel Petrovich. Here he gets acquainted more with the British and with visiting Russians, in conversation with whom he gives free rein to his bile... He doesn’t read anything Russian, but on his desk there is a silver ashtray in the shape of a peasant’s bast shoe. He's still making noise..."

That's all. In the preface to the novel “A Hero of Our Time,” M. Yu. Lermontov offered the reader the following observation: “The history of the human soul, even the smallest soul, is perhaps more interesting and useful than the history of an entire people.” This can be attributed to Pechorin, but not to Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov, I am not interested in him. So judge: does the elder Kirsanov look like “little Pechorin”? No, of course not! With all due respect to the judgments of Dmitry Ivanovich Pisarev...


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C17.1. Why were two extraordinary personalities - Onegin and Tatyana - unable to find happiness in love? (Based on the novel by A. S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”)

C17.2. Do you agree with the opinion of D. I. Pisarev, who claims that Pavel Petrovich is a hero of the Pechorin type? (based on the novel by I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”)

C17.3. How are all the heroes of A. P. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” alike?

C17.4. Hero - character - action in modern Russian prose. (Using the example of one of the works.)

To complete the assignment, choose only ONE of the four proposed essay topics (17.1-17.4). Write an essay on this topic in a volume of at least 200 words (if the volume is less than 150 words, the essay is scored 0 points).

Reveal the topic of the essay fully and multifacetedly.

Justify your theses by analyzing the elements of the text of the work (in an essay on lyrics, you need to analyze at least three poems).

Identify the role of artistic means that is important for revealing the topic of the essay.

Think over the composition of your essay.

Avoid factual, logical, and speech errors.

Write your essay clearly and legibly, observing the norms of writing.

C17.1. Why does the finale of the sixth chapter of A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin” sound like the theme of the author’s farewell to youth, poetry and romanticism?

C17.2. What does the fate of the gentleman from San Francisco symbolize and which other writers of the 20th century addressed the theme of “the well-fed”?

C17.3. Why did Sophia choose the inconspicuous Molchalin over the brilliant Chatsky?

C17.4. Why in the works of V. Shukshin the dispute between city and village was always resolved in favor of the village?

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To complete the assignment, choose only ONE of the four proposed essay topics (17.1-17.4). Write an essay on this topic in a volume of at least 200 words (if the volume is less than 150 words, the essay is scored 0 points).

Reveal the topic of the essay fully and multifacetedly.

Justify your theses by analyzing the elements of the text of the work (in an essay on lyrics, you need to analyze at least three poems).

Identify the role of artistic means that is important for revealing the topic of the essay.

Think over the composition of your essay.

Avoid factual, logical, and speech errors.

Write your essay clearly and legibly, observing the norms of writing.

C17.1. What gave F. M. Dostoevsky the basis to assert that Tatyana Larina should be recognized as the main character of A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”?

C17.2. Is it possible to unequivocally say that ideological differences lie at the heart of the conflict between Pavel Petrovich and Bazarov? (Based on the novel by I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”)

C17.3. Is Margarita similar to the heroines of previous literature or is this a new type of heroine? (Based on the novel “The Master and Margarita” by M. A. Bulgakov)

C17.4. How is the theme “Man and War” revealed in the work (the work is chosen by the student)?

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To complete the assignment, choose only ONE of the four proposed essay topics (17.1-17.4). Write an essay on this topic in a volume of at least 200 words (if the volume is less than 150 words, the essay is scored 0 points).

Reveal the topic of the essay fully and multifacetedly.

Justify your theses by analyzing the elements of the text of the work (in an essay on lyrics, you need to analyze at least three poems).

Identify the role of artistic means that is important for revealing the topic of the essay.

Think over the composition of your essay.

Avoid factual, logical, and speech errors.

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C17.1. How is Tatyana’s “Russian soul” revealed in A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”?

C17.2. Why can Bazarov be called a “reflective nihilist”? (Based on the novel by I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons.”)

C17.3. How is the writer’s humanistic protest against the inhumanity of war expressed in M. A. Sholokhov’s story “The Fate of Man”?

C17.4. The theme of revolution and civil war in works of Russian literature (using the example of one or two works).

The heroes of Lermontov and Turgenev - Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin and Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov - are people belonging to the same social group, but living at different times. After the massacre of the Decembrists in 1825, the time came for the generation about which M. Yu. Lermontov wrote: “... the cowardly is shameful before danger and despicable slaves before the authorities...” This is not said about all the young and mature - it can be said about Pechorin should be spoken of as an extraordinary personality, as a very interesting person. This is how M. Yu. Lermontov shows him when he draws an unusual portrait of Pechorin, talks about his actions (the kidnapping of Bela, the duel with Grushnitsky), about his friendship with Doctor Werner, about Pechorin’s only love for Vera Litovskaya, about the hero’s desire to find his place in life . You may or may not like Pechorin, but you cannot remain indifferent to him. The hero appeals to some with his straightforwardness, but offends others; some like his sincerity, while others see cruelty in it. Two or three episodes from the life of the hero M. Yu. Lermontov remain in the reader’s memory as an example of the hero’s honesty and decency, for example, an explanation with Princess Mary, and a duel with Grushnitsky, when Pechorin gives a person a chance to admit his mistakes and avoid a duel. But in the scene of farewell to Maxim Maksimych - cold, cruel - it seems that no one likes Pechorin, and rightly so. There is essentially nothing to say about Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov... Pose is a very short description of his behavior. But there are points that deserve the reader's attention. In his dispute with Bazarov, Pavel Petrovich is right when he asserts that life, with its ready-made, historically grown forms, can be smarter than an individual or a group of people. Pavel Petrovich reproaches Bazarov for contempt for the people, the nihilist counters the reproach: “Well, if he deserves contempt!” Kirsanov talks about Schiller and Goethe, Bazarov exclaims: “A decent chemist is twenty times more useful than any poet!” etc. But if Pavel Petrovich comes to belittle the human personality in front of accepted principles, then Bazarov asserts his own personality at the cost of destroying authorities. Pavel Petrovich's youth passed in the 1830s in an atmosphere of mute reaction; his mature years coincided with the period of the “gloomy seven years.” He is unable to understand the demands of the new era; the views of the younger generation are deeply alien to him. As Turgenev wrote: “Look into the faces of the “fathers” - weakness and lethargy or limitation.” Pavel Petrovich considers himself a liberal and a lover of progress. He talks a lot about the public good, but Bazarov is right when he tells him: “. ..you respect yourself and sit back; What is the use of this? All of Pavel Petrovich’s principles boil down to one thing: to protect the old order. Do these people - Pechorin and Pavel Petrovich - have anything in common? What allowed D.I. Pisarev to compare Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov with Pechorin of “small size”? First of all, I think, character traits: selfishness, conceit, indisputability in judgments, manner of dressing, behavior in society... In matters of principle, one should not, one simply cannot compare Pavel Petrovich with Pechorin. At the end of the novel, I. S. Turgenev, talking about P. P. Kirsanov’s stay in Dresden, seems to put an end to this comparison: “... between two and four o’clock, at the most fashionable time for a walk, you can meet a man about fifty... elegantly dressed... This is Pavel Petrovich. Here he gets acquainted more with the British and with visiting Russians, in conversation with whom he gives free rein to his bile... He doesn’t read anything Russian, but on his desk there is a silver ashtray in the shape of a peasant’s bast shoe. It's still making noise...” That's all. In the preface to the novel “A Hero of Our Time,” M. Yu. Lermontov offered the reader the following observation: “The history of the human soul, even the smallest soul, is perhaps more interesting and useful than the history of an entire people.” This can be attributed to Pechorin, but not to Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov, I am not interested in him. So judge: does the elder Kirsanov look like “little Pechorin”? No, of course not! With all due respect to the judgments of Dmitry Ivanovich Pisarev...