Materialism in Russian Literature

In the mid-nineteenth century Western Europe grasped Russian society and culture firmly. At that time Western Europe asked for modernization. It emphasized wealth and social operability and often resulted in an increase in economic materialism and self-interest. In his work "Death of Ivan Ilych" and Fyodor Dostoevsky 's work, Leo Tolstoy criticizes modernization and harm to its society. At the same time, both seem to be claiming the moral and intellectual altruism depicted by the peasant class, as well as by-products of physical and emotional pain.

Russian literature is the literature of Russia and its immigrants and Russian literature. The roots of Russian literature can be traced back to the Middle Ages. It is when the old slavic epic and chronicle were composed. By the age of enlightenment, the importance of literature has increased, and since the early 1930's, Russian literature experienced an amazing golden era of poetry, prose, and theater. Romanticism allowed flowering of a poetic genius: Vasily Zhukovsky and later his disciple Alexander Pushkin stood out. Prose is also thriving. The first great novelist in Russia was Nikolai Gogol. There was also Ivan Turgenev who acquired a short story and novel. Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky soon became international celebrities. In the second half of the century, Anton Chekhov went well with a short story and became a famous playwright. Early in the 20th century was the silver era of Russian poetry

By the 1880's, Russian literature began to change. The era of great novelists passed away, short novels and poetry became the major genre of Russian literature in the coming decades, which later was called the silver era of Russian poetry. Realism was dominated by the former, and Russian literature was influenced strongly by the era among writers who led this era in 1893 and 1914. Ceslav Ivanov, Alexander Block, Nikola · Gumirevu, Med Mezirskovsky, Fodor Solobu, Anna Akhmatova, Joseph Mandelstam, Zveeva, Leonid Andrei F, Ivan Bunin, and Gorky