Publication details
K voprosu o dobre v povesti M. P. Arcybaševa "Smerť Lande"
| Title in English | Some Remarks about Good in M. P. Artsybashevs Story "Smert Lande" |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia Slavica Savariensia |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.17668/sss.2016.1-2.100 |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | M. P. Artsybashev; The Death of (Ivan) Lande; good and evil |
| Description | The article concentrates on the question of good as shown in the hero of the story by Mikhail Artsybashev. While the hero embodies the life in absolute good in accordance with his belief his life ends by death in solitude in an unknown forest. Trying to be good and not to use violence Lande tries to act only by his words. His way of handling situations could hardly be understood by others causing them problems and bringing them in very strange situations sometimes. At the end there is a wall of misunderstanding between Lande and the other heroes of the story. The perfectly good man seems therefore as a writer´s construct used to prove that good has to be compatible with the natural needs of men and women including also the needs of the flash. The story seems to stand in opposition to another work by Artsybashev – to his novel Sanin. |