The subject matter of the present paper is the culture of the Russian nobility and its image in the 19th century Russian literature. The aim of the thesis is to study the issue of the closeness of the nobility to the Russian nation's culture. The theoretical part of the paper deals with the history of the nobility: its formation, advancement and prosperity. The concepts of «culture», «Russian culture» and their constituents are explored in the thesis next. This part is aimed at analyzing the main elements of the noble class' culture. A philological analysis of the two 19th century literary works, namely «Eugene Onegin» by A.S. Pushkin and «War and Peace» by L.N. Tolstoy, is conducted in the third chapter to identify the elements of the nobility's culture. After the spheres of culture have been established they were analyzed, namely the relation between the upper class' culture and the culture of the whole Russian nation; education and upbringing; everyday culture; life conditions; matters of marriage, family, love and relationships; leisure and social life; the notion of the manor as the center of the countryside culture. The study showed the examples of both elements of remoteness and closeness to the culture of Russian people. Studies carried out in the theoretical and practical part of the...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:454216 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Bykanova, Yulia |
| Contributors | Vasilyeva, Elena, Rozboudová, Lenka |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Russian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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