ON. Dobrolyubov. "What is Oblomovism?"

Where did the name of the Dobroliubov article come from? Recall that in the most potter's work Ilya Ilyich Oblomov called the reason for his self-destruction briefly and capaciously: "Oblomovism".

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov showed the whole society how a mortally ill person, yesterday's student, a writer who does not write novels, can become a classic. His article was immediately noticed. The meaning is an explanation of Oblomov's phrase. This is done subtly and vividly, in the context of how Dobrolyubov himself understood what Oblomovism is. The brief content of this famous work we offer to your attention.

Hereditary nobles and boyars - "Oblomovtsy"?

What is the literary critic writing about? The fact that Goncharova was able to examine a truly Russian character and uncover it mercilessly and reliably. Indeed, it was then. The worst part of the nobility and the gentry, realizing that they do not really do anything for society, lived, reveling in their wealth, only for their own pleasure. A drowsy existence of the "life of the stomach" of this stratum of society corrupts the rest of Russian society. The writer makes a harsh historical verdict to the nobility and the gentry in Russia: their time has passed irrevocably! Dobrolyubov's article "What is Oblomovism?" Openly denounces the anti-social nature of the "Oblomovs": contempt for work, consumer attitudes toward women, endless word-talk.

By the way, it's the same thing that our contemporary classics brand, for example Victor Pelevin: glamor and discourse, only named differently. After all, modern neo-barbarism and neo-nobility gave birth to new people-parasites.

All Russia - Oblomovka

The name of the village - Oblomovka - the critic is extremely general. In his own way, in the context of the Goncharovsky novel, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov sees what Oblomovism is. The brief content of his article gives a clear idea of Russia as an aggregate of thousands and thousands of Oblomov villages. Of course, not in the literal sense, but figuratively. Huge resources are mediocre owners of noblemen who are often people-parasites, in their essence - rentiers, who deeply despise their compatriots, who do not strive to do anything constructive for society. As a result, the society loses momentum, becomes passive, plunges into a crisis.

The problem of the new man

We need a reboot, it is necessary that new people appear in power and in industry. Goncharov created therefore an image of the active and creative Andrew Stolz. "However, they are not available at the current time!" - says in his article Dobrolyubov "What is Oblomovism?" The summary, or, more accurately, the presentation of his subsequent thoughts is the potential inability of Stolz to become Russia's "mind and heart". Unacceptable for people performing such an important mission is the reflex "to bow their head" to circumstances when it seems to them that these circumstances are stronger. "Social progress requires more dynamics than Stolz has it!" Believes Dobrolyubov.

What is Oblomovism? The brief content of the article, which first raised this issue, indicates that in the novel Goncharov contains and an antidote for this disease society. The image of Olga Ilyina, a woman open to anything new, not afraid of any time calls, not wishing to fulfill her aspirations, but, on the contrary, to actively change the surrounding reality. "Not Stolz, but Olga Ilyin can be called Lermontov's" the hero of our time! "- believes Dobrolyubov.

conclusions

How much can a person commit before the age of 25? On the example of Nikolai Aleksandrovich, we see that he can not so little - notice himself and point out to others "light" among "midnight darkness", to express his thought exhaustively, brightly and capaciously. In the next room, with the literary genius dying from the deadly illness, the room was irresponsible. Chernyshevsky, who continued the idea of a friend "hovering in the air", with a "rib", posing a powerful question to his compatriots: "What should I do?"

Not only did Dobrolyubov answer, "What is Oblomovism?". Briefly, in a capacious and artistically authentic manner, he emphasized the corrupting influence of the foundations of serfdom, the need for further social progress. Perhaps, therefore, his author's evaluation of Ivan Goncharov's novel Oblomov became both famous and classical.