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Shagbanova K.S. The genre diversity of A.P. Chekhov's work and his vision ofreality // Litera. 2024. № 3. DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.3.69903 EDN: ILTORE URL: https://en.nbpublish.com'library_read_article.p^?id=69903
The genre diversity of A.P. Chekhov's work and his vision of reality
Shagbanova Khabiba Sadyrovna
ORCID: 0000-0001-5549-4819 Doctor of Philology
Assistant professor, Professor of the Department of General Humanitarian Disciplines, Law Institute (St.
Petersburg)
199106, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Gavanskaya str., 6 El khabiba_shagbanova@list.ru
Article was published in rubric "Literary criticism"
DOI:
10.25136/2409-8698.2024.3.69903
EDN:
ILTORE
Received:
19-02-2024
Abstract: The author examines the genre diversity of A.P. Chekhov's literary work. It is noted that Chekhov's works have an acute social orientation, pronounced psychologism, and a subtle artistic description of the literary characters. It is said that an interested reader can observe a deep insight into everyday reality, while experiencing a sense of inevitability of fundamental changes in society. Attention is paid to the speech features of Chekhov's characters, which allow us to accurately characterize their natural essence in a sufficiently capacious form. At the same time, the importance of using the innovative subtext in the works of Anton Chekhov, the linguistic means of character behavior, is fixed, taking into account the fact that the text and the subtext are separated and often contradict each other. It is stated that the bright artistic talent of A.P. Chekhov demonstrated the power of typicality, which allowed the images of his many literary creations to become household names. In addition, the features of Anton Chekhov's dramaturgy, his depiction of real life on the stage, and a detailed description of everyday life are outlined. It is said about the reception of Chekhov's dramatic works by modern domestic and foreign masters of culture.
It is concluded that the demand for individual author's receptions of Chekhov's intertext in modern drama certainly confirms the relevance of his works to date. It is emphasized that this is due to the socio-philosophical nature of theatrical productions that touch on moral issues of human existence, since Chekhov's desire for the truth of life and the truth of everyday life creates prerequisites for increased interest in them at all times. A common thread is the idea that the prose and drama of the creator formed the conditions for the further development of realistic traditions in world literature.
Keywords:
creativity of Anton Chekhov, genre forms, reality, dramaturgy, art style, spiritual world of the character, subtext, play, psychologism, social reality
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The article presented for consideration "The genre diversity of A.P. Chekhov's work and his vision of reality", proposed for publication in the journal "Litera", is undoubtedly relevant, due to the consideration of the work of one of the famous Russian writers of the 20th century A.P. Chekhov, as well as the consideration of the genre originality of the writer's work, using methods of linguistic and literary stylistics. Since the creative individuality of the author is expressed in special artistic techniques in the texts, in the way in which he achieves the disclosure of the plot of the work, the author, analyzing the texts of the writer, comes to interesting conclusions. The article is groundbreaking, one of the first in Russian philology devoted to the study of such topics in the 21st century. However, the scope and principles of sampling the linguistic material on which the study is based are unclear. The author does not specify the sample size and its principles. How large is the text corpus and from what sources was it obtained? The article presents a research methodology, the choice of which is quite adequate to the goals and objectives of the work. The author turns, among other things, to various methods to confirm the hypothesis put forward. The following research methods are used: biographical, hermeneutical, dialectical. The study was carried out in line with modern scientific approaches, the work consists of an introduction containing the formulation of the problem, the main part, traditionally beginning with a review of theoretical sources and scientific directions, a research and final one, which presents the conclusions obtained by the author. However, the author does not delve into the history of the issue under study, as it is unclear from the text of the article: 1) how widely has the stated problem been studied, 2) what scientific gap has been identified, and what problem is being solved within the framework of the reviewed work (what is the specific increment of scientific knowledge?). The bibliography of the article contains 16 sources, among which both domestic works and work in English are presented. A greater number of references to authoritative works, such as monographs, doctoral and/or PhD dissertations on related topics, which could strengthen the theoretical component of the work in line with the national scientific school. However, the comments made are not critical and do not relate to the content presented by the author. In general, it should be noted that the article is written in a simple, understandable language for the reader, typos, spelling and syntactic errors, inaccuracies in the text of the work were not found. The article will undoubtedly be useful to a wide range of people,
philologists, undergraduates and graduate students of specialized universities. The general impression after reading the reviewed article "The genre diversity of A.P. Chekhov's work and his vision of reality" is positive, it can be recommended for publication in a scientific journal from the list of the Higher Attestation Commission.
