A Study Guide For Ivan Turgenevs Fathers And Sons

Author : Ivan S. TURGENEV
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Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book Fathers and Sons written by Ivan S. TURGENEV and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ANNOTATIONS Ivan Turgenev Biography About Fathers and Sons Fathers and Sons Summary Character List Glossary Themes Quotes Analysis Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Metaphors and Similes Irony Imagery Literary Elements Essay Questions The novel Fathers and Sons is a social novel published in 1862 by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The novel focuses on the conflict between the 'fathers', the old aristocrat society having a traditional way of thinking, and the 'sons', the new generation with new ideas and new philosophical views. Ivan Turgenev was interested in the social reforms that took place in his country and this can be observed through the topic he decides to discuss in his novel as well. Ivan Turgenev discusses social matters in the novel and how the Russian society changed during those times in matters regarding marriage between two people coming from different social classes, new ideas and philosophical movements being introduced into a society and about the newly found freedom of the servants and their relationship with their masters. The novel was harshly received by the conservative Russians because of Ivan Turgenev's decision to accuse on nihilism in his novel. The Russian society who still remained highly religious criticized Ivan, claiming that he promotes nihilism and because he didn't include political subjects into his novel. Despite being harshly criticized by those in his country, the novel was very well received in Europe, being praised by influential writers like Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant and thus becoming the first Russian novel to enter into the European literary world. The novel became a source of inspiration for many other Russian writers like Fyodor Dostoevsky and Lev Tolstoi. The story starts on the 20th of May, 1859, when Nikolai Kirsanov, the son of a Russian general, waits for the arrival of his son. The reader is provided with some biographical information about Nikolai Kirsanov and it is revealed that he was raised in the South and has another brother named Pavel. Nikolai was supposed to follow a career in the military but because he broke his leg on the day he was commissioned, his father sent him to Petersburg and enrolled him into a University. Nikolai remained there for a few years and in the year when Nikolai finished his studies, his father had a stroke and died and his mother followed shortly after. Nikolai married his landlord's daughter and had one son together named Arkady. Ten years after their son's birth, Nikolai's wife also died and Nikolai raised his son alone. Nikolai accompanied his son to Petersburg instead and enrolled him at the University of Petersburg. But because Nikolai was getting older, he was forced to return to his home to his countryside and wait for his son to return home. The story then returns to the present time, when Nikolai keeps on watching the road until he sees a carriage caring for his son so he runs to greet him. Arkady doesn't come alone, but with his friend Bazarov and they all get into carriages and head toward Nikolai's house. On the way home, Arkady asks about his uncle Pavel but his father tells him that Pavel sent word that he changed his mind at the last minute and didn't come to see him. Next, they talk about Bazarov and Arkady praises him and his intelligence. When they pass by some peasants, Nikolai tells his son that they have been refusing to pay their taxes but Arkady cuts him off, more preoccupied if they will have shade or not once they arrive.