I.S. Turgenev. Summary of "Notes of a hunter"

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Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev forever entered the history of Russian literature and won a place in the hearts of millions of admirers of his work thanks to his poetic prose, saturated with love for Russia, as well as the truth about the life of the people in the 19th century, penetrating every line. Not just wrote a banal retelling of Turgenev based on what he saw.

"Hunter's Notes" belongs to the category of fiction that literary critics call prose poetry.

Such a high score is a tribute to expressiveness and emotional richness.

The publication of the "Hunter's Notes" is a bright event for Russian society

The stories included in this collection were created gradually. They were first published in full in 1852 (however, three stories were included in the Notes a little later). The popularity of the writer at home after their publication was enormous. Even Emperor Alexander II read this extremely popular book written by I. S. Turgenev (“Notes of a Hunter”) more than once. The main characters of the storieswere discussed in society and were familiar to all enlightened Russia. Ivan Sergeevich, as a true master of the word, managed to create unique artistic images and touch the people's soul with them.

Twenty-five stories are united by the personality of the same narrator. This is a landowner of the Oryol province, a hunter who, going on a regular hunt, sees something along the way, notes, and talks with people. He is observant and eloquent. Undoubtedly, Turgenev himself speaks through him. A summary of the "Notes of a Hunter" - at the same time the history of their main characters. The genre of the story does not imply an accurate and global depiction of literary images. The overall picture seems to be painted in separate strokes. A unique lyrical picture of the life of the country, filled with the Russian spirit, is created by the stories “Khor and Kalinich”, “Kasyan”, “Singers”, “Bezhin Meadow”. Other stories are more detailed, such as "Hamlet of the Shchigrovsky district", "County doctor".

The original characters of "Hunter's Notes"

At the same time, the writer spares no effort for an unadorned, detailed, realistic depiction of the true life of ordinary people. He manages to see harmony even within the relationship between the master and the serf. Even here, the great Turgenev noticed the sprouts of new, not slavish, but human relations. The summary of the "Notes of a Hunter" tells us how the educated, intelligent and humane Khor is friends with his serf Kalinich. And there is no antagonism here, no envy on the one hand, no contempt on the other. Indeed, such was Russia -community country. And it was not in vain that later, many revolutionary democrats, unlike the Bolsheviks, tried to chart a path to the future for her through enlightenment and repentance. There were prerequisites for this. About them - the story "Khor and Kalinich".

There is a deep, not ostentatious spirituality in the Russian people! The writer thought so. His spiritualized character Kasyan with a Beautiful Sword, performing a feat of foolishness, is convincing and unique.

He is like a church candle, illuminating everyone around him. “This people has a future!”, - says Ivan Sergeevich, telling us about the communication of teenagers who led their horses into the night. Every boy has a soul, thoughts, a connection with his native land.

At the same time, Turgenev writes about the failure of serfdom. The summary of the “Hunter's Notes” shows us the hard-hitting images of the landlords Penochkin, Stegunov and Zverkov, who have fallen and lost touch with the people. At the same time, the writer denies the expediency and shows the social danger of peasant riots (the story “Knocks”). Blood and violence as ways of solving social problems are unacceptable for Russia, the classic believes.

Conclusions

Turgenev wrote his book very timely. The summary of the "Notes of a Hunter" leaves no doubt that they played a big role in understanding by all sectors of society the need to abolish serfdom in the interests of the whole society. Living, unique folk images of Lukerya ("Living Powers"), Arina ("Yermolai and the Miller's Woman"), Yashka the Turk ("Singers"), without flirting with the people, givea feeling of a single national core, community, catholicity of the Russian people. The highest recognition of mastery lies in the fact that all Turgenev's stories speak of one thing. The fact that serfdom has become obsolete, and the people depicted in Turgenev's characters are beautiful, unique, and by definition cannot be a slave.