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The Story of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin "The Maiden-Peasant Woman": reviews, summary
Full of lightness, humor and simplicity Pushkin's "Young lady-peasant woman". The reviews, which appeared immediately after the publication of the novel, position the work as innovative in both form and content. In general, "The Belkin's Tale," in which this work is located, is Pushkin's first prosaic experience that saw the light. What novelty has brought Alexander Sergeevich into the literature, we will disassemble on an example of the story "The young lady-peasant woman". Critics' reviews unequivocally speak about its simplicity and at the same time the depth of meanings. We will also analyze these aspects.
History of writing
Boldinskaya autumn ... This is one of the most productive periods of Pushkin's creative work. At this time, "Belkin's Tale" comes out from under his brilliant pen. Once in the bosom of nature, surrounded by bright colors of autumn, watching the life of a Russian village, far from Petersburg life with constant shadowing by the secret police, the writer relaxes here and writes "how long ago he did not write." During these three short months, AS Pushkin creates both poetic works and dramatic works. It is here, in Boldin, that the writer tries himself as a prose writer.
The idea that prose should be simple and concise, Pushkin carries a long time, he also more than once shares with his friends. The writer believes that such creations should describe Russian reality, such as it is, without embellishment. The way to writing art prose works was not easy, because at that time poetry and poetic language were more preferable. Pushkin had a very difficult task: to process linguistic means in such a way that they would approach the "language of thought".
Summary
Let us turn to the last story from the cycle "Maiden-peasant woman". Reviews say that it is easy to read and simple story.
The work tells about two landlord families: Berestov and Murom. They do not get along with each other. In the family of the first master the son Alexey is brought up. Lisa is the daughter of the second. The paternal fathers are very different from each other. If Berestov is a successful businessman, he is loved and respected in the district, then Muromsky - a typical representative of the landowner class - is an inept manager, a real master.
The young Berestov is getting ready to become a military man, but his father does not like this idea, so he keeps his son in the village, near him. Pleasant, disposed appearance makes Alexei popular among the daughters of local nobles. About its existence, Lisa Muromskaya learns from Nastya's maid (her heart was also subdued by a young gentleman). The girl described Alexei to her mistress that for her, he also became a romantic ideal. Lisa, dreaming of meeting the young Berestov, turns into peasant attire and goes to the grove where he usually hunts.
Young people meet and fall in love with each other. Young Muromskaya is represented by the daughter of a local blacksmith Akulina. Alexei does not frighten her social position, he wants to continue meeting with the girl. In the usual course of things, the accident intervenes. During the joint hunt, the horse of Muromsky suffered, Berestov came to his aid - and the relations began to warm between them. It all went so far that they conspired to marry their children.
Arriving with his father for lunch to the Murom, Alexei does not recognize in Liza Akulina: a girl greatly changes her appearance, zhamenitsya during a conversation. Meetings of young people continue. Alexei decided to marry a peasant woman, as reported in a letter to her. Having come to explain to the Murom, he meets Lisa-Akulina reading his letter.
The main characters
That's what she is - the Pushkin's "The Young Woman-Peasant Woman". The content, as we see, is not complicated by additional meanings, everything clearly describes the ordinary life of noblemen and peasants.
Let us examine in more detail the main characters of the story. Liza Muromskaya is a seventeen-year-old girl, the daughter of a landowner. It should be said that Pushkin was the first to speak of the daughters of the landlords. This and Tatiana Larina in "Eugene Onegin". These girls are pure, dreamy, they are brought up on French novels. At the same time, Lisa is able to truly love, give herself to this feeling, she does not know how to lie and disingenuous - all her feelings are sincere. It should be said that she is also very smart. The rules of decency that existed in the XIX century, did not allow the girl to get acquainted with a young man without an announcement and presentation, so Lisa and comes up with a comedy with disguise.
The next hero of the story "The Young Woman-Peasant Woman", whose reviews are always positive, is Alexei Berestov. Initially, the reader learns about it from the lips of Nastia, Liza's maid. She presents him as an impregnable heartthrob, fanned by various secrets. In fact, a young man - a young man of sparks, capable of truly loving, sincere, not putting a class framework.
Fathers of young people, on the one hand, are very similar (widowers who have devoted all their lives to raising single children, hospitable, ambitious), but on the other - completely different. Affects this in the manner of housekeeping. If Berestov is enterprising in economic activities, successful and prosperous, then Muromsky's enthusiasm for English manners did not lead to prosperity: even his estate was laid. However, having reconciled, the landowners understand that they are able to create a very influential union through the marriage of children.
Content analysis
"The young lady-peasant woman" is a story parodying the well-known "through" subjects. First of all, this is the theme of two warring families, which goes back to Shakespeare's work. However, Pushkin rethought the plot, and his story ends in reconciliation and a happy union of young people.
There is another cross-cutting theme: "The young lady-peasant woman" also raises social problems. Karamzin wrote about such unequal love in the famous "Poor Liza". However, Pushkin again beats the plot, and his narrative does not end in a tragic break on the basis of differences in the origin of the characters. The title and epigraph to the story are not accidental: they indicate that, apart from the dress, the village and landowner, Lisa from Akulina does not differ any more - the social boundary has been erased.
Genre peculiarity
In the genre "Maiden-peasant woman" - a story. Let us prove this. There are two main characters, united by one storyline, and their characters remain unchanged throughout the work (in contrast, for example, from the novel).
Important here is another: Pushkin contrasts real life with a romantic attitude toward it, praised by previous authors. Before the reader, he tries to convey the idea of the unpredictability of life, the inability to drive it into a certain framework. Hence the sometimes frank mockery of the traits of romantic works.
A striking example of this is the young Berestov - a mysterious, leading closed life, corresponding with a stranger from Moscow. However, he turns out to be an ardent, sincere young man, with a tan on his face (this ironic detail emphasizes the falsity of the reader's initial judgments).
Analysis of artistic means
As for the use of expressive means, here Pushkin is very stingy. To achieve simplicity of prose, do not overload the narrative with unnecessary details, the author does not use poetic ornaments. He himself said this: "Prose should not sing, but speak."
Pushkin refused exclamations, lush metaphors, fervent comparisons, as was, for example, Karamzin. That is why the work "Young lady-peasant woman", as well as the whole cycle of "Belkin's Tales", is distinguished by the avarice of artistic means. Acquaintance with the characters occurs without unnecessary preludes - the reader immediately plunges into the narrative.
The writer focuses not on a detailed description of the appearance and psychological portrait of the characters, but on their actions, which characterize the character much better than simple words.
Place in the "Belkin's Stories"
"The young lady-peasant woman" completes the "Belkin's Tale" not by accident. It is a kind of a point in all these subjects, completing them, giving the reader hope for the best.
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