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Pushkin’s Petersburg Writting

Posted on:2017-11-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J J LuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330488471925Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Pushkin established the original sample of Russian literature "Petersburg text",his creation in pioneering position in Petersburg subjects complete chain.At the same time,his creation inspired many other writers,such as Gogol and Dostoevsky.This paper through the analysis of Pushkin’s Petersburg writting,summed up the Petersburg city image and urban space,character types and Peter’s image,and then presents the thoughts of writers for Russian modernization.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,this paper is divided into five chapters,of which second,three or four,five chapters as the focus of discussion.The introduction part mainly introduced the Pushkin’s domestic and foreign research situation and the innovation and "the Moscow-Petersburg" theme narrative.The first chapter has analyzed the reality and literature in St.Petersburg.First,this chapter introduced Petersburg construction and development process from a practical point of view,and then confirmed the Pushkin’s <Bronze Knight> as the initial birth who has contained "St.Petersburg myth" of the "St.Petersburg text" from the point of view of literature.The second chapter has analyzed the image of the city of St.Petersburg under the pen of Pushkin.Petersburg meet the Russians of the "European" all the romantic fantasy as the symbol of the new Russia,and then became a "romantic city" in the writer’s heart.However,Petersburg often fall into the flooded panic on account of the fragile foundation,and then became "the shadow city" which has been filled up with virtual and real.At the same time,the invasion of capitalism stimulated the Petersburg public desire for money,deepen the Petersburg’s "sin",and then Petersburg became“the sin city”which was worthy of the name.The third chapter has discussed the city space,the space location and the meaning of different space location under the pen of Pushkin.Tsarskoye Selo is a gathering of nobility,and the glorious Petersburg area,which has expressed the Spatial metaphor of the Russian modernized “heterotopias”.Neva Street is an unregulated public space,which has gathered all kinds of Petersburg residents.Under the appearance of gorgeous and prosperous,Neva Street is actually full of desire and sin,and then became a magical“free space”.Neva river is the transition zone of Petersburg City,which has not only connected to the rich and poor,the new and old in space,but also connected to the "rational" and "irrational" in concept,and then highlights the contradictions and conflicts of St.Petersburg’s "Less developed Modernism".Vasiliev island is "Centrifugal" of the land,which was far away from the shining of the Imperial welfare,but has become the the ideal place to live for the "little people".The forth chapter has summarized the characters under the pen of Pushkin in St.petersburg.The confrontation of the "Russian master" and "European van son" shows the strong impact of eastern and Western culture on the road of Russia’s modernization."Superfluous person" was the Enlightenment of the Russian society,which has promoted the spread of modernity on the one hand.On the other hand,it has implied the criticism of the "Modernity".This image is a true representation of the confusion and bewilderment of the early Russian intellectuals which was Coerced by "Modernity".The "Little people" lived carefully under the pressure of power politics.Finally,either died or mad.Pushkin placed deep sympathy on the "little people",but also began to reflect the criticism of the Russian "Modernity" Which was attached to this kind of character.Money had been the highest guidelines to act of Petersburg residents after the footprint of Capitalism invaded Russia.Some p eople abandoned their dignity and morality in order to grab the money,and finnally became the "money knight" or " paranoid" as the guidance of money.The fifth chapter has focused on the symbol of "bronze Knight" in Pushkin’s works--Peter the great.Under the pen of Pushkin,Peter the great’s image has multiple meanings.He is both an "innovator " who has keeped up with the trend of the history and a "loving father" who was considerate to his son and his subordinates.At the same time,he is an Antichristos who has againsted the Russian orthodox church traditional beliefs.The conclusion summarized the status and value of Pushkin’s Petersburg writting in the "Petersburg tradition" in the Russian literature and the impact on the Russian writer creation from themes and poetic paradigm aspects.
Keywords/Search Tags:Pushkin, Petersburg, city image, city space, The Conquests of Peter the Great, modernity
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