Information about the author:
Valeria G. Andreeva
Valeria G. Andreeva, DSc in Philology, Leading Research Fellow, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 a, 121069 Moscow, Russia; Professor, Kostroma State University, Dzerzhinsky St., 17, 156005 Kostroma, Russia.
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Acknowledgements:
This work was carried out at IWL RAS with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 22-18- 00051 (https://rscf.ru/project/22-18-00051).
Abstract:
The author of the article refers to the images of the estate and the Russian land in Prishvin’s novel “Kashchey’s Chain” and shows that they are one of the keys to understanding Prishvin’s philosophy, his description of the path of an autobiographical character and ideas about life. The article examines the first chapter of the novel, which plays the role of introduction, beginning, and author’s message, anticipates and designates many themes and problems of the novel. The manor childhood of the protagonist and his mother’s actions play a crucial role in the work of Mikhail Alpatov’s rise to a great life. The article indicates the inseparable connection between the images of land and people, land and estates. The novel depicts the process of impoverishment of the nobility and embodies the tragedy of the Russian people with their utilitarian attitude to the land.