Writers and poets of the golden age

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

To touch on the topic called "Poets of the Golden Age", you must at least understand what stage in Russian culture is meant and why it is called that. The designation itself is metaphorical, and it originated in antiquity, in antiquity. It arose as an interpretation of the special state of the gods at the moment when they were in some kind of harmony.

Ancient works and their creators

And such mythological representations, of course, were captured by ancient creators. First Greek, such as Hesiod. This was the era of history in which the god Kronos created a whole generation of golden descendants. A little later, the poetic creator Virgil will use in his work just this phrase: the golden age. But this time it's about time.

And Ovid will remember this ironically, saying that now you have to pay for everything in gold, because life takes place in a golden age. And it so happened that it was the literary works of Rome that later began to be designated in honor of this noble metal.

Russian creativity that left an unforgettable mark

Something similar will happen in artRussian state at the very beginning of the nineteenth century. It was a period of special patronage of many sciences, painting and culture. It is worth mentioning that Herzen, constantly reflecting on the peculiar development of the steps of Russian culture, on the transformations that it experienced until the nineteenth century, with a manner of expression inherent only to him, noted that Russia answered the call of Peter a hundred years later with the brilliant Pushkin.

And it should be noted that later they began to designate the golden period, it begins from this time. At the same time, St. Petersburg takes on its classic look, which the reader knows from the masterpiece of Alexander Sergeevich "Eugene Onegin".

Golden Russian architecture

Architect Zakharov founds the Admir alty, Frenchman Tom de Thomon is building a stock exchange, the idea of which captures the view of a huge temple of ancient times. Carl Rossi creates his own unique ensembles. This is the magnificent Alexandria Theater with the famous street, which will receive its own name. Mikhailovsky majestic castle, the building of the famous Synod. And all this represents the architecture, which again makes us remember the ancient tradition.

And while contemplating all this splendor, the impression arose that Petersburg was reincarnated as a kind of ancient Rome. It became like a work of art. This is what completed the idea of the "window to Europe".

Poetsgolden age. List mentioned by a friend of Pushkin

Against the background of these events, it becomes not surprising that in 1825, in the first half of the nineteenth century, a close friend of Alexander Sergeevich, Pyotr Andreevich Pletnev, a famous poet, critic, a very competent teacher of literature, wrote a famous review in one of his own articles. He was associated with the theme of Russian poetry, which covered the period of recent decades. Pletnev mentions the work of Zhukovsky, Batyushkov and, of course, emphasizes the brilliant Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. It was then that the phrase flashed: "This is where the age of golden Russian literature began."

The view of the French emigrant and writer Valerie on Russian art

And much later, at the beginning of the twentieth century, in the thirties, in Paris, Nikolai Otsup wrote a well-known article where he tried to draw a line between the time when poets of the golden age arose and the beginning of the silver age.

He relied on the thoughts of the famous French writer Paul Valery, who argues and studies the originality of Russian literature of the nineteenth century. He was delighted and stunned by the huge number of brilliant creators who literally shone like stars during this period in Russia. These are both writers and poets of the golden age, the list of which is headed by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Lermontov, as well as Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky.

Paul Valéry compared this perfection of Russian multifaceted art with the developmentancient theatre. Then, in just a few centuries, only a few brilliant creators were able to form the entire dramatic culture of Europe. He is insanely admired by all the works of writers, as well as poems by poets of the golden age of Russian literature.

Special century and ingenious art of Russian creators

So there was an idea of a special century of Russian art, which includes all the literature of the nineteenth century. Writers and poets of the golden age are primarily associated with the Pushkin era. And this is the time when some results of the entire previous eighteenth century were summed up.

At the same time, national traditions are formed, many habitually call Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin the founder of new Russian literature. But when this golden age is taken in a broader sense, then the entire nineteenth century must be remembered.

And it is worth mentioning both the Pushkin era and including the works of Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov. This is the result of a century when the writers and poets of the golden age help literary creativity acquire the character of world sounding. And here is not only the achievements of the nation, but the recognition of Russian culture in another wider art arena.

The times of the great genius Alexander Sergeevich

But still, the verses of the poets of the golden age belong, first of all, to Pushkin's time. And initially the age of brilliant literature was associated with the creators of the first half of the nineteenth century. What ifrely on the judgments of Pletnev, then we are talking about the work of Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov, Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky and, of course, Pushkin.

Here one can see a certain evidence of the ring composition, which is composed by the poets of the golden age. A bright flash is found precisely in the work of poetry. And the middle of the nineteenth century will be more associated with works related to prose. Although during this period several collections of no less amazing creators were published. These are such poets of the golden age of Russian literature as Nekrasov, Fedor Ivanovich Tyutchev and Fet. It so happens that these authors and their three collections are exactly in the middle between two centuries of Russian literature. Nevertheless, they are perceived as the poets of the golden age.

Russian poetry of that time was admired not only by Russian readers, but also by many well-known critics of European states. Despite the fact that no less famous and talented creators were born in Western countries, Russian poetry evoked some special reverent attitude.

The genius of Russian artists

In the thirties, thanks to the efforts of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, Trediakovsky and a little later - Sumarokov, a special system of versification will arise, which will be used by many poets of the golden age. Russian creators of that time were noted as the most brilliant and original authors. In their works there was an independent, independent intonation.

It was they who managed not only to hear and see all the greatness of Russian nature, but to sing it in their poems. It was the poets of the golden age who were able to express the philosophical harmony of the relationship between man and nature. They practically grew into the elements, expressing their anxieties, joys and thoughts in verses, poems, ballads, odes and stanzas.

And the most outstanding, of course, was Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. His lines are studied at school, many readers know his poems, and dozens of historians around the world study his biography. But no less brilliant is Mikhail Lermontov, who throughout his short life was in the shadow of Pushkin, which depressed him. The author's works are always filled with suffering, longing and a thirst for freedom.

One thing is indisputable, genius, uniqueness, independence of thinking and boundless love for their Motherland - absolutely all the poets of the golden age possessed these qualities. Russian poetry belongs to dozens of works by famous authors. These great creations still touch the hearts of readers and evoke strong emotions and feelings.