IS Turgenev, "Fathers and Sons": the role of landscape in the novel

The main theme of the literary work "Fathers and Sons" is the struggle of irreconcilable classes: the liberal nobility and the revolutionary-minded democratic youth. This conflict is reflected already in the very title of the novel. And so, in order to more clearly and comprehensibly reveal all this semantic load, Turgenev uses nature, which is a living image and, as it were, another very important and decisive hero in the work "Fathers and Sons." The role of the landscape in the novel is very interesting and interesting. In general, Russian nature in literature by that time has already taken its place. Turgenev, as a person observant and knowledgeable in this matter, was very detailed and true in describing landscapes, thanks to them he created the necessary psychological and emotional load.

"Fathers and children": the role of landscape in the novel

The first description of nature is found during the trip of the main characters to Marino. This Turgenev shows what is happening in the noble estates. After all, the problems were not only in Kirsanov's villages, but also throughout Russia. The peasants looked emaciated and scruffy, the cows - exhausted, they greedily plucked the grass. In the middle of the red day, a ghost of a white and desolate winter rose with snowstorms and snow. The author associates the life of a poor peasant with an endless and bleak winter.

After the writer wrote this his literary masterpiece, many critics pondered over what was caused by his creation. "Fathers and children" - a creation that describes the events taking place in 1861 - in the era of serfdom, just before its abolition.

Auxiliary techniques

The whole landscape of the novel is not only social, but also psychological. Through an appeal to nature, the inner world of a person is recreated and his thoughts and experiences are more clearly conveyed. Such techniques are literally at every step used by Turgenev in his work "Fathers and Sons." The description of nature allows him to reproduce the most subtle and most important traits of the characters of his characters. He writes, for example, about Arkady, that while he was pondering, the spring was gathering its own, everything was green, glossy and worried with a warm breeze, then the larks were ringing loudly. From this, Arkady's thoughts waned, he threw off his overcoat, looked at his father just as he had with his gay boyish gaze, and he embraced him.

Turgenev splendidly contrasts the landscape on the day of the duel ("glorious and fresh morning") with a tragic denouement, and shows the unnaturalness of such a stupid death. By this he emphasizes the vanity of people before the grandeur and beauty of nature. The landscape here becomes a symbol of true life. This is especially evident in the cemetery at the grave of Bazarov.

"Fathers and children": the main characters

Well, now, perhaps, we need to start describing the story - in a few words, so that it would be more clear what is going on there. In the work "Fathers and Sons," the protagonists are Russian society, in which a new type of progressive people, raznochintsy-democrats, who are imbued with a burning desire to change the existing system in Russia, begins to form.

Beginning "Fathers and Sons" (a summary of the chapters will tell about this) from the fact that in the first part of Kirsanov Nikolai Petrovich, who lives on his estate Marino, is waiting for the return of his son, who goes home not alone.

In the second chapter, Arkady introduces his father to his friend. And he represents Yevgeny Bazarov as a simple person, who can be treated without ceremony and without embarrassment.

Workshop

What is interesting in the work "Fathers and Sons", the landscape in Chapter 3 describes the state of the heroes as accurately as possible. The father is very happy to meet, the son is constantly looking at his friend Bazarov Yevgeny (a nihilist student who is studying for a doctor) and even afraid that he did not hear his thoughts on the extraordinary beauty of nature. After all, Eugene considered nature not a temple of beauty, which can be admired, but a workshop where a person must work for his own and public good. Bazarov, in matters of nihilism, is the instructor of his odd-friend friend and opposes the traditional conservative views of his parents and the liberalism of the Kirsanov brothers-father and uncle Arkady.

Turgenev is very sympathetic to Nikolai Petrovich, and his gazebo, "overgrown and fragrant", described by him, speaks about the purity, softness and romanticism of his soul.

But the garden of Odintsovo with flat alleys, sheared fir-trees and a greenhouse planted creates the impression of artificiality of life, for it it is monotonous and measured.

Bazarov, in a conversation with her, compares people to trees. And he himself recalls his childhood and the aspen on the edge of the pit. This tree became his twin - proud, lonely and very embittered. In general, you can immediately notice with an unaided eye that all the heroes of the novel are checked by their relation to nature. And it's not for nothing that Bazarov was so drawn to Odintsova, as it turned out, they have much in common.

The image of the road

In the work "Fathers and Sons", a brief summary of the chapters gradually gives a clear picture of the early spring awakening of nature, which introduces a vigorous note in the story and hopes for an early renewal. And no matter how joyful the landscape, the significance of the coming spring in the heroes of different generations manifests itself in different ways. Arkady is simply glad of a wonderful day, his father Nikolai Petrovich quotes Pushkin's poems, all his thoughts are connected with the "dear memories" from the past. This image of the road will go through the whole narrative of the plot.

The landscape will constantly convey a sense of space, rather than a closed space. It's not for nothing that the characters are constantly traveling. Immediately appears before the eyes of the image of Russia and Tyutchev's magnificent poem "These poor villages."

Nature

As for the work Fathers and Sons, the role of landscape in the novel is very significant. It should be noted that it was nature that put the last point in the narrative. She as though sums up a life of all heroes. In the epilogue there is a description of the landscape of the village cemetery, it was the final proof that Bazarov's theory collapsed, his principles were untenable and will soon be buried. But nature will always remind us of "eternity, tranquility and reconciliation".

Turgenev wrote this very clearly in the work Fathers and Sons. The role of the landscape in the novel is enormous, a little later the writer, with the help of his favorite techniques, will reveal Bazarov's personality, and he will manifest himself in his true nature. The result of Bazarov's life is very sad. He will fall in love with the widow, the wealthy landowner Odintsov, and then, after becoming infected with typhus, he will die.

Peace and inspiration

In the work "Fathers and Sons" quotes speak for themselves. Bazarov, as it were, takes revenge for his misunderstanding, but when the hero did not feel well, "he went into the forest and walked along it in great strides, breaking down the fallen branches and scolding him and himself and himself ...". However, Turgenev shows that he is not a completely lost person, because he has not lost the sense of beauty.

Odintsova is practically indifferent to nature, like Bazarov, she walks in the garden only because it is her usual business. But for Nikolai Petrovich, nature is a source of inspiration. Katerina and Arkady are young and carefree, they are literally childishly in love with her. Although Arkady tries to hide it in every possible way, the truth is too obvious.

Fenichka on the background of the summer landscape looks "fresh". Bazarov, while denying the beauty of the world around him, but on a subconscious level is one with him. To understand himself, he goes to the forest, where he is angry and angry. He can trust nature, it is she who becomes an involuntary witness of his experiences.

Conclusion

In the story "Fathers and Sons" the quotes of memories from the childhood of the main character Bazarov allow you to better understand his soul, in conversation with his father he remembers: "I, as I approached here, was glad at your birch grove, gloriously stretched out." Here he shows that his soul is not so bad as he wants to show.

Turgenev here shows how strongly, deeply and powerfully nature acts on man, being the source of his thoughts, feelings and moods.