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Ivan Bunin, whose stories are included in the school curriculum for the study of Russian literature, began to create at the end of the 19th century, in the 80s. He is from a galaxy of writers who grew up in a noble estate, closely associated with the picturesque nature of the Central Russian zone. For work on the collection of lyrics "Falling Leaves", dedicated to rural nature, its natural beauty, Ivan Alekseevich Bunin received the Pushkin Prize in 1901.
Bunin's stories differ in that they sometimes have a lyrical plot (for example, the story about Antonov apples), which describes not a series of events, but the memories and impressions of the lyrical hero regarding life in a noble estate.
The writer can be called a master of poetic prose, he creates an elegiac atmosphere with the help of impressions and associative memories of the lyrical hero. There are many descriptions in the story. For example, a bright picture of an impromptu fair in the garden, colorful landscapesketches of the morning, winter hunting and many others.
Bunin's stories characterize him as an observant, feeling author. He knew how to find a striking feature in the most everyday scenes of everyday life, something that people usually pass by without noticing. Using a wide variety of techniques, drawing with the help of details with thin or textured strokes, he conveys his impressions to the reader. While reading, you can feel the atmosphere and see the world through the eyes of the author.
Bunin's stories captivate us not by outward amusement and not by a mysterious situation, they are good because they meet the requirements put forward for good literature: an unusually figurative language, in which various paths are woven. The author does not even give a name to many of his main characters, but they are obviously endowed with exclusivity, special sensitivity, vigilance and attentiveness inherent in the author.
As for the shades of colors, smells and sounds, all that “sensual and material” from which the world is created, then all the literature preceding Bunin and created by his contemporaries does not have samples of prose containing such subtle nuances as his.
Analysis of Bunin's story, for example, about Antonov apples, makes it possible to identify the means used by him to create images.
The picture of an early autumn morning in an apple orchard was created by a chain of definitions expressed by adjectives: quiet, fresh. The garden is large, golden, thinned, dried up. Smells join this picture: apples, honey and freshness, as well as sounds: the voices of people and the creak of movingcarts The visual picture is complemented by the image of the past Indian summer with flying cobwebs and a list of folk signs.
Apples in the story are eaten with a juicy crackle, at the mention of sending them there is a small digression - a picture of a night trip on a cart. Visual image: the sky in the stars; smells: tar and fresh air; sounds: the cautious creaking of carts. The description of the garden continues again. Additional sounds appear - the clatter of thrushes, and it is well-fed because birds graze on coral rowan trees.
Bunin's stories are often full of a sad mood of withering, desolation and dying, due to the theme. The sadness of the landscape, as it were, illustrates and creates one inseparable whole with the life of people. The author uses the same images in prose as in his landscape lyrics. Therefore, elegiac stories can be called poetry in prose form.
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