The Queen Of Spades And Russian Society's Transition In Early 19th Century

The Queen of Spades is a novella worte by Pushkin in 1833, profoundly reflects the transition of Russian society and the transformation of Pushkin's creative style in early 19th century, shaping Hermann's image as a early capitalist, and it has a very high value of research. In the past, people tended to see Chichikov in Gogol's "Dead Souls" as the representative of capitalist in Russia literature, and Herman was neglected. As for the relationship bewteen the The Queen of Spades and Pushkin's stylistic change was paid less attention, and the persepective of studying will also be further expanded.Form the end 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, capitalism started it's development in Russia. In order to coordinate with social development, the feudal rulers carried out a series of reform, Russia has experienced Catherine II's "liberal autocracy", Nicholas I and Alexander I's authoritarian rules, and it's socio-economic and political was in transition. Social transtion also have impacts on all sectors of the community. The development of capitalism has speed up the pace of feudal aristocracy's decline, provies hotbed for the formation of early assets personality ; and under the double oppression of both feudal aristocracy and early assets, the lower deck of working people faces more tragic fate. Compared with other works, The Queen of Spades reflects the capitalism factors'infiltration on Russia more earlier, and Herman's image is a typical early assets. Under the promotion of the social movement, Russian's literature tranfrom form romanticism to realism, and stylistic from poetry to prose. The Queen of Spades is the performance of Pushkin's creative maturity, and this work more concentrated reflects his novels's artistic features.