Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a wonderful Russian writer, poet, playwright. During his lifetime, he was revered as "the sun of Russian literature", and after his death his works remain relevant and are re-read with pleasure. Some of them are included in the school curriculum.
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev wrote 6 stories, more than 50 stories, 6 plays, as well as poems and articles. His most famous works are essential for the successful study of the school curriculum.
The story "Mumu"
The name of this work, perhaps, is known to every student. The story tells about a cruel lady and a dumb serf peasant Gerasim, who was ordered to drown his dog named Mumu. This touching and poignant work tells the story of wordless obedience and the low value of life - canine and human.
The novel "Fathers and Sons"
This book touches on an important topic - the relationship between fathers and children. The older generation does not understand the younger, and the young people laugh at the old people, calling them backward. This topic is still relevant today.
In addition, in the novel there is an unspoken opposition between the noble unhurried way of life and the way of life of an active person trying to benefit society. A peculiar class confrontation. In the same novel, for the first time, the topic of "superfluous people" - those who are bored and do not understand the meaning of their lives, is touched upon.
Novel "Noble Nest"
This book tells about the life of a noble family in the county town N. Here a female image appears, which later became a household name - "the Turgenev girl". Liza Kalitina is smart, proud, with a warm heart, but does not allow herself to violate moral norms for the sake of love. Such girls, pure and fiery natures, often appear in the works of Turgenev.
Roman "Rudin"
The topic of "extra people" is fully revealed here. Rudin, a poor landowner, travels around the world, looking for shelter and like-minded people, but nowhere does he find refuge. Rudin is distinguished by a brilliant mind and eloquence, but the author reproaches him for heartlessness. Indeed, the protagonist has no life guidelines, no inner core that would help him live a decent life. Rudin dies without applying his talents to life.
The story "Asya"
This story is about a beautiful girl who lived in a small house in the forest. Asya is a pure child of nature. She is sweet and spontaneous, has a lively and tenacious mind. On the way she meets a young landowner, and the relationship of the heroes grows into love. But the young man has an indecisive character, a "lazy mind," as literary critics would later say about him. He could not defend the right to his love, and as a result, killed Asya. There is an opinion that Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev took his character as a basis when he wrote the main character. The writer was never married, and recognized his only daughter a few years after her birth. Despite numerous falls in love, Turgenev did not manage to create a family, and the fault, according to his contemporaries, was Turgenev's indecisive disposition and fear of responsibility.
