What is the originality of Lermontov's work?

Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov is considered one of the founders of the golden age of Russian literature. His books were studied by Chekhov and Tolstoy, Bunin and Akhmatova inspired his poems. Mastery of the word is fascinating to the reader today, setting the highest bar for anyone who thinks of himself as a Russian writer.

The hero of his time

Lermontov is a poet of an era of powerful literary development and a brutal political reaction. His rich heritage and major literary works of life fit into one decade of the nineteenth century. The thirties are a time of anxious forebodings, unhappy thoughts about the future, denials and regrets. At this time, there is still a reaction to the defeat of the Decembrist revolutionaries who spoke in 1825.

The society is rushing about in search of an answer to the question of what to do without taking the harsh reality of the new military system to the end. Nicholas the first introduces the third branch of the secret police, censorship is subjected to every word, the names of aristocrats are branded. All these realities are totally denied by young people. Maximism and denial become part of a new philosophy, the path of which rises the young Michael.

Duality of literature

In literature, realism is asserted, which feeds on the uniqueness of Lermontov's work. Russian realism was surprisingly supplemented by its antonym - romanticism. And it was the young master of the word who managed to unify these two directions in a unique way, creating masterpieces in poetry, drama, and prose.

The birth of a poetic character

Poetry in the work of Lermontov is divided into two stages: youth and mature years. The artistic image of the lyric hero has clearly expressed individual traits of the character of an inner romantic surrounded by the outside world.

While Michael was inspired by Byron's work, his characters turned out to be more idealized. Later, he finds his way, in which there is a tragic love-line and there is no friendship. Life appears in the form of reflection alone. This motive distinguishes him from Pushkin.

In the heart of the conflict lies Russia's black year, which runs counter to the romantic views of the hero. Thus, tough reality begins to control the subtle inner lyric world. In this confrontation, the tragic originality of M.Yu. Lermontov's creativity is born. And over the years this conflict only increases. This should give the lyrics pessimism and skepticism, which is observed in the work of other classics, for example, Baratynsky. However, Lermontov's "inner man" continues his movement and development, and strives for high values. This is another distinguishing feature of the poet.

Loneliness in Lermontov's work is a way to restore balance in one's soul. Ideals of the lyrical hero seem unnatural to the author himself, he speaks of "strange love" for his homeland, says that he was not created for people. The lyricist does not just find people's misunderstandings, it seems, he is specifically looking for it.

The path of the poet, who lives outside of social pleasures, was described by Pushkin. But the theme of poetry in the work of Lermontov introduces into the Russian lyrics a dialogue with the "inner man." This concept was introduced by Belinsky as a synonym for the lyric hero. His presence is an innovative feature of the future symbolism, because the image of a poetic character is transformed into a symbol over time.

Inner Imagism

It is with artistic metaphors that the nature of the Lermontov poem begins. Suffice it to recall the "Sail" of 1832. The same technique the author uses in poems "Cliff", "Heavenly clouds," "In the north wild" and so on.

Life and creativity of Lermontov are permeated with motives of conflicts of freedom and will, eternal memory and oblivion, deception and love, cynicism and rest, earth and sky. All topics are interconnected and intertwined with each other, which creates a multi-faceted artistic style of the author.

Belinsky described the poet's lyrics as pretentious because of the questions posed in it about the rights of the individual, fate and morality. However, the critic notes that these topics are immortal and always in demand.

Originality of language

The peculiarity of Lermontov's language can best be understood by analyzing his works. In the poem "Sail" - an expression of sadness, sadness, the expectation of a storm in the meaning of the struggle. At the same time it is not clear what exactly this struggle is for, it remains unclear what it should lead to.

The words "Alas! He does not seek happiness "occupy the strongest end position of the verb of motion. "And not from happiness he runs" - this is one of the semantic centers of the work. It turns out that the struggle and anxiety of the spirit are the companions of the desire for an unattainable ideal, the abandonment of what has been achieved.

"Sail" - this is a kind of drawing of the artist's artistic world, on the example of which one can see the uniqueness of Lermontov's creativity. Romantic opposition to the personality that has lost its harmonic integrity forever.

For example, a double negation in the lines "No, I do not love you so passionately", talking about intense feelings and the search for an opportunity to relieve the love tension. The peculiarity of Lermontov's creativity is a way to raise the personality above the contradictoriness of life, rather than immerse it in the conflict, as it may seem at first glance. Even the irreconcilable struggle between life and death in his creations raises the spirit of man over circumstances.

The rebellious soul of the "inner man"

The poetic language of the lyrics expresses the rebellious inner world of the hero. "The Death of a Poet", "Three Palms", "The Cossack Lullaby", "The Hero of Our Time" is a pathetic tension and restlessness. At the same time, in all lines, the clarity and clarity of expression are amazing. This, again, confirms the duality of the poet's values.

A huge number of contradictory meanings are combined into a laconic three-part organization of three quatrains and in the poem "Parus". The quatrains form a triad, the second stanza contrasts with the first, but the third again acquires harmony.

A harmonious three-part form allows to resolve contradictions very harmoniously, even externally. The internal antithesis joins, and tension and isolation with a single external boundary.

Mathematical accuracy of verses

In Pechorin's monologue from the "Princely Mary" the conflict between the individual and society is revealed, as a result of which internal contradictions arise. Pechorin's speech demonstrates numerous antitheses and perfectly well-built rhyme. Lermontov emphasizes the clarity of quatrains punctuation, where a dash and a colon alternate.

This form draws attention to the constraint of the character's inner borders, reveals the unstoppable mental energy and powerful movement.

Reflection on the uniqueness of Lermontov's creativity allows us to draw another conclusion about the peculiarity of his lyrical language. The inventiveness of a painter by a word is a skill with which he can describe both the human inner world and the natural life with various phenomena.

At the same time, the basis of his poetry heritage is the theme of loneliness. The word "one" is the most significant word in the author's language. Inside the hero, the enormous energy accumulated as a result of the denial of ordinary life with its small passions, the disunity of the people is always concentrated. Loneliness in Lermontov's work is filled with an uncontrollable desire to achieve the ideal, the unity of life, world integrity and harmony.

Music words

The syllable of the master is very musical, so his prose possesses the intonation of sounds expressed in rhythmically organized speech. It is for him that for the first time a three-syllable size develops, which did not work out beforehand with such a scope to his predecessors, even to Pushkin.

Poetry in Lermontov's work is full of various repetitions, rhythmic accents, internal rhythmic-syntactic interruptions and strict symmetries, clearly following each other. Huge tensions pour into ruthless reflections-confessions, when a new derivation is opposed to the original direct meaning. For example, the line about life, which when "cold examination" turns into an empty and silly joke.

Today, loneliness is especially studied in Lermontov's work. Composition of any type of author is subjected to serious artistic consideration. The romantic line in the poet's work is expressed by complex combinations of various genres and styles of speech. About the characters in "The Hero of Our Time" Belinsky writes that the author was able to express poetically, even in the simple gross language of Maxim Maksimych, the picturesqueness of events. This gave a look at the life of the character's comic and touching.

Folk dialect as the highest rank of poetry

Life and work of Lermontov are closely connected with folklore. The collection of 1840 is addressed to the people's way of life. "The song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, the young oprichnik and the striking merchant Kalashnikov" recreated the style of Russian folk poetry. In the "Field of Borodino" the romantic tirades of the soldier later turned into a popular speech in Borodino. Here, again, the mouth of the characters is superimposed on the unique originality of the rebellious nature of the author. Lermontov here and denies the present time, speaks in a strange love for the Fatherland. Folk dialect in the intonations of the poet was elevated to the highest rank of poetry.

The peculiarity of Lermontov's creative work made an undeniable contribution to the development of the artistic language. Critic V. Vinogradov explained this by saying that the poet selected original stylistic means from Russian and Western European lyrics. At the junction of different cultures, new forms of literary expression were born in him, which continues Pushkin's traditions.

Learn Lermontov language

Lermontov's language has a strong influence on subsequent Russian writers. It drew inspiration from Nekrasov, Blok, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich once said that Lermontov's language should be disassembled like in schools to learn to write. From his point of view, there is no better language. The works left by Mikhail Yurievich are a real mastery of the word.

Chosen or misunderstood?

The author's works, whether in prose or in a poem, fill the spiritual search for truth, the thirst for action, the idealization of images of love and beauty. The inner man seeks to truly be born, become a person, establish himself as a person. For this, he is ready to embrace the whole world, to enclose in his chest the whole universe with its stars. He seeks to connect with nature and "ordinary people", but sees for himself a different destiny, relating to the elect, thereby alienating from society even more.

Loneliness in the work of Lermontov

The writing in the spirit of a "wanderer-stricken wanderer" in younger lyrics for the poet describes loneliness as a reward. In later years - it's more a burden, boredom, which eventually gives a note of tragedy. His works convey the feelings of the only person in the whole world.

Thus a hero appears, questioning such piers for the human soul, like love, friendship, humility. Lermontov's hero is sharply worried about his unsettledness. He misses balls, surrounded by a motley crowd, he is seen around by insensible people "by the presence of tightened masks."

In order to remove this oppression of soulless character is increasingly transferred to children's experiences. At Lermontov there is a desire, like a child, to challenge the light, to strip off the masks of the mask, to expose the crowd.

Loneliness forms an inner emptiness. Disappointment in society, in principle, the emotion of sadness and decadence is characteristic of the youth of the thirties. The political prohibition on the fulfillment of true desires for the transformation of the social system is also transferred to private life. There is no hope to find true happiness, love, friendship, to realize oneself. The famous "Sail", which is always alone in the endless sea, is a vivid example of the feelings of the young generation of that time.

Human connections are fragile, and love is not divided - this is spoken of as "Cliff", "In the wild wild ...", "Leaf".

After the Decembrist uprising, a powerful political reaction begins in the country. Reality seems to be a generation of the thirties perverted, conflicting, hostile. This section between ideals and reality can not be resolved peacefully, it is impossible to reconcile with this. The solution to confrontation is possible only as a result of the death of one of the parties.

Such a social climate has a disastrous effect on Lermontov-man, but revives the poet, promising him a tragic fate. The only thing that a person continues to be interested in is the rights of the individual. Therefore, in a more mature period, Lermontov's motivations are increasingly directed at criticizing the structure of society, exposing specific and acute problems. He wants to "boldly throw the iron verse" and does it all the time.

Death of poet

Lermontov rebukes the generation in aimlessness, the internal devastation, mourns the fate of Russia, simultaneously fills its work with contempt and hatred for it. The creativity of M. Yu. Lermontov is a revolt in relation to the existing order of things.

In the poem to Pushkin's death, the poet conveys a complex cocktail of opposing feelings in the soul. There is grief, admiration, and indignation. Pushkin in the work confronts the crowd, the third character is a poet, mourning the genius, branding the public. Lermontov accuses the world of Pushkin's murder, it was society that directed the assassin's hand. And again Michael gives his hero, Pushkin, loneliness, confrontation with the whole world.

"The death of a poet" is a tribute to a poetic genius, and besides it is a jumper, a junction in history, where succession of mastery and spirituality is formed. The work of Lermontov is a continuation of the history of the whole generation, adopted by Pushkin. It is the voice of youth reflecting on the future of the country, its uneasy state, its path and itself. Pushkin was the sun of our nation, but they could not or did not want to save it.

This is the image of a genius among the pygmies who are unable to forgive, appreciate and protest, defending their values. Lermontov's works were born at the junction of emotions and ration. A clear, tense thought beats in a tangle of feelings and contradictions. There is a separation of the meanings of the concepts of the poet and man, but poets and poets are eaten together. Lermontov's work takes a special place in Russian literature, presenting a deep and rich material of reflections on the state, the world, time and personality in it.

The attitude of the maestro himself to poetry is expressed in the discord between the artist and the world. Refined art is closed in the Iron Age of progress.

The mission of the poet

The poet for Lermontov is a prophet, ridiculed by the crowd. He reflects on this in the works of "The Prophet" and "Poet". This is a continuation of the theme of the meaning of poetry in a society where lyric poetry is often used for entertainment, instead of using its real divine gift, to fulfill its purpose. The poet comes into this world with God's command, which he brings to people.

The lyricist must tell the person the truth, expose, reveal beauty and love. According to Lermontov, the people of the prophet are despised. This feeling he returns to the crowd with the help of his poems. Thus, the lyrics turn into the poet's work from the hobby of the mission. Like any messiah, he is alone, rejected and misunderstood.

The roots of contradictions

Life and work of M. Lermontov are full of contradictions. He is born in a family where there are constant clashes of loved ones. Warring between them mother and father, grandmother. The death of the mother and the break with the father in early childhood is another variant of the struggle, where a quiet childhood failed to withstand the difficult reality. Shot on New Year's ball, Misha's grandfather, according to his grandmother's stories, was also full of internal conflicts.

And now, at the age of 15, the immortal "Demon" and "Spaniards" are born, and a year later the famous "Masquerade". It seems that such feelings as painful doubts, gloomy forebodings, the expectation of a fateful end, a thirst for oblivion, were peculiar to the whole family of the poet.

Only rarely in the works of the singer of the soul are joy and hope. His life was described by two poems. This is "What's the point of living" and "Why I was not born."

Feeling of his own elitism, selectivity makes the poet select for the public masterpieces of masterpieces. Perfectly characterized Mikhail Yuryevich Bryusov, calling the poet an unsolved creator. Bryusov saw the artistic originality of Lermontov's creativity in creating clear, like "forged" verses.

The figure of Lermontov is still a mystery to this day. The life and death of the lyrics is a mystery, but his contribution to Russian literature is invaluable.