W. Godwin's Caleb Williams and A. Pushkin's Dubrovsky: Similarities and Differences
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| Parent link: | Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods Vol. 8, iss. 10.— 2018.— [P. 102-110] |
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| Summary: | Title screen The article deals with the analysis of typological similarities of the novels by W. Godwin Caleb Williams and A. Pushkin Dubrovsky. Its relevance is conditioned by the opportunity to extend the background of Russian-English literary cross-cultural relationships in order to specify the points of attraction and repulsion between the novels of Pushkin and Godwin as well as their different national traditions and literary epochs. The similarities between the authors' positions are obvious - the depiction of everyday life with particular attention at the psychology of human relations in real circumstances via the inclusions of documentary support and evidence in the plot. There is a convergence in the central problems raised in both novels - consideration of long-brewing conflicts both within the upper class and between the landlords and peasants. In both cases, the authors emphasize the features of the landlords' relationships with society, against a background upon which their evils become even more visible. Both authors oppose to them to characters concerned with the problems of noble honor. There are some similarities in depiction of gang leaders, their relationship with the robbers and attitude to the society. But the ends of the analysed novels are quite different: Caleb managed to prove his right and innocence, Falkland admits his guilt and the justice appears to be restored. This constitutes the principal difference of the author's viewpoints of Godwin and Pushkin. In contrast to Godwin, Pushkin avoids the motif of justice restoration as a framework for the novel's end. Based on the analysis not only similarities but also principal differences have been revealed which witness Pushkin's artistic interpretation of the English novel as well as the interaction of Dubrovsky and Caleb Williams both at the conceptual and plot-motif levels. |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://mjltm.org/browse.php?a_id=271&sid=1&slc_lang=en&ftxt=1 |
| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| KOHA link: | https://koha.lib.tpu.ru/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=659084 |
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