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For I. A. Bunin, the feeling of love is always a secret, great, unknowable and not subject to the human mind miracle. In his stories, no matter what love is: strong, real, mutual - it never comes to marriage. He stops her at the highest point of pleasure and perpetuates her in prose.

From 1937 to 1945 Ivan Bunin writes an intriguing work, later it will be included in the collection "Dark Alleys". While writing the book, the author emigrated to France. Thanks to the work on the story, the writer was to some extent distracted from the black streak passing in his life.

Bunin said that "Clean Monday" is the best work that he wrote:

I thank God that he gave me the opportunity to write Clean Monday.

Genre, direction

"Clean Monday" is written in the direction of realism. But before Bunin, they didn’t write about love like that. The writer finds the only words that do not trivialize feelings, but each time re-discover emotions familiar to everyone.

The work "Clean Monday" is a short story, a small everyday work, somewhat similar to a story. The difference can be found only in the plot and compositional construction. The genre of the short story, unlike the story, is characterized by the presence of a certain turn of events. In this book, such a turn is a change in the views on life of the heroine and a sharp change in her lifestyle.

The meaning of the name

Ivan Bunin clearly draws a parallel with the title of the work, making the main character a girl who rushes between opposites, and still does not know what she needs in life. It changes for the better from Monday, and not just the first day of a new week, but a religious celebration, that turning point, which is marked by the church itself, where the heroine goes to cleanse herself from the luxury, idleness and bustle of her former life.

Clean Monday is the first feast of Great Lent in the calendar, and leading to Forgiveness Sunday. The author stretches the thread of the heroine's turning point in her life: from various amusements and unnecessary fun, to the adoption of religion, and leaving for a monastery.

essence

The story is told in the first person. The main events are as follows: every evening the narrator visits a girl who lives opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, for whom she has strong feelings. He is extremely talkative, she is very silent. There was no intimacy between them, and this keeps him at a loss, and some kind of expectation.

For some time they continue to go to theaters, spend evenings together. Forgiveness Sunday is approaching, and they are going to the Novodevichy Convent. Along the way, the heroine talks about how she was at the schismatic cemetery yesterday, and describes with admiration the rite of burial of the archbishop. The narrator did not notice some kind of religiosity in her earlier, and therefore listened attentively, with burning loving eyes. The heroine notices this, and is amazed at how much he loves her.

In the evening they go to the skit, after which the narrator accompanies her home. The girl asks to let the coachmen go, which she has not done before, and to go up to her. It was only their evening.

In the morning, the heroine says that she is leaving for Tver, to the monastery - there is no need to wait or look for her.

Main characters and their characteristics

The image of the main character can be viewed from several angles of the narrator: a young man in love evaluates the chosen one as a participant in the events, he also sees her as a person who only remembers the past. His views on life after falling in love, after passion, are changing. By the end of the novel, the reader now sees his maturity and depth of thought, but at first the hero was blinded by his passion and did not see the character of his beloved behind her, did not feel her soul. This is the reason for his loss and the despair into which he plunged after the disappearance of the lady of the heart.

The girl's name cannot be found in the work. For the narrator, this is just the same - unique. The heroine is an ambiguous person. She has education, refinement, intelligence, but at the same time she is removed from the world. She is attracted by an unattainable ideal, to which she can strive only within the walls of the monastery. But at the same time, she fell in love with a man and cannot just leave him. The contrast of feelings leads to an internal conflict, which we can catch a glimpse of in her tense silence, in her desire for quiet and secluded corners, for reflection and loneliness. The girl still can not understand what she needs. She is seduced by the chic life, but at the same time, she resists it, and tries to find something else that will light her path with meaning. And in this honest choice, in this loyalty to oneself lies a great strength, there is a great happiness, which Bunin described with such pleasure.

Topics and issues

1. The main theme is love. It is she who gives a person meaning in life. For the girl, a divine revelation became a guiding star, she found herself, but her chosen one, having lost the woman of his dreams, went astray.
2. The problem of misunderstanding. The whole essence of the tragedy of the heroes is a misunderstanding of each other. The girl, feeling love for the narrator, does not see anything good in this - for her this is a problem, and not a way out of a confused situation. She is looking for herself not in the family, but in the service and spiritual calling. He sincerely does not see this and is trying to impose his vision of the future on her - the creation of marriage bonds.
3. Choice theme also featured in the novel. Every person has a choice, and everyone decides for himself how to do the right thing. The main character chose her path - leaving for the monastery. The hero continued to love her, and could not come to terms with her choice, because of this he could not find inner harmony, find himself.
4. Also, I. A. Bunin traces the theme of human purpose in life. The main character does not know what she wants, but she feels her calling. It is very difficult for her to understand herself, and because of this, the narrator also cannot fully understand her. However, she goes to the call of her soul, vaguely guessing the destination - the destiny of higher powers. And it's very good for both of them. If a woman made a mistake and got married, she would forever remain unhappy and blame the one who led her astray. A man would suffer from unrequited happiness.
5. The problem of happiness. The hero sees him in love with the lady, but the lady moves along a different coordinate system. She will find harmony only alone with God.

the main idea

The writer writes about true love, which eventually ends in a break. Heroes make such decisions themselves, they have complete freedom of choice. And the meaning of their actions is the idea of ​​the whole book. Each of us must choose exactly the kind of love that we can meekly worship all our lives. A person must be true to himself and the passion that lives in his heart. The heroine found the strength to go to the end and, despite all the doubts and temptations, come to her cherished goal.

The main idea of ​​the novel is an ardent call for honest self-determination. There is no need to be afraid that someone will not understand or condemn your decision if you are sure that this is your calling. In addition, a person must be able to resist those obstacles and temptations that prevent him from hearing his own voice. On whether we will be able to hear it depends on the fate, and our own fate, and the position of those to whom we are dear.

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Ivan Alekseevich Bunin is one of the most prominent Russian writers of the twentieth century. He remarkably turned out both poetry and prose, both short stories and novels. But still, I appreciate the talent of Ivan Alekseevich precisely for that part of his work that can be called a "small" genre. And I especially like Bunin's stories, the main theme of which is love.
In these works, the author's talent for describing all the innermost, sometimes quite unusual, for conveying ideas and thoughts is most clearly revealed. Extraordinary poetry brings sensuality to the narrative, which is so necessary for works with such themes. If you trace all of Bunin's work from beginning to end, then you can divide it into periods, based on which topic he prefers in his works. I am interested in the collection "Dark Alleys", written during the Second World War, because it is completely devoted to the theme of love, after reading the stories from it, you can try to formulate the main idea, the author's thought. In my opinion, the main "thesis" of Bunin's work lies in the quote: "All love is a great happiness, even if it is not shared." But in the love dramas of the collection, and it is they that form its basis, one can also be convinced that Bunin appreciates only natural, pure love, high human feeling, rejecting far-fetched false impressions. Ivan Alekseevich also in his stories inextricably links love with death, connects the beautiful and the terrible. But this is not a far-fetched composition, the author thus tries to show readers how closely love borders on death, how close the two extremes are from each other.
The stories "Sunstroke", "Clean Monday" and "Natalie" are the most known to readers. All of them perfectly fit the description of a tragic love story with a sad ending, but in each of them Bunin opens up a new aspect to us, a new look at love.
The heroes of "Sunstroke" quite by chance meet on a steamer. But their fleeting attraction does not go unnoticed for both characters. She says to the lieutenant: “There has never been anything even similar to what happened to me, and there will never be again. It’s like an eclipse hit me ... Or, rather, we both got something like a sunstroke. But this shock concerns him only when he, having escorted her to the ship, returns to the hotel. His heart "constricted with incomprehensible tenderness," and "he felt such pain and such uselessness of his entire future life without her that he was seized by horror, despair," because he did not know either her name or surname. Love, which the lieutenant realized too late, almost destroys him, he is ready to die for another day spent with her. But we are convinced that in fact love is a blessing, despite the fact that it breaks off so quickly, we understand how strong and comprehensive this feeling is.
In the short story "Clean Monday", so beloved by the author, we are told about the hero's unrequited love for the mysterious heroine. She is not interested in and even rejects many things accepted in their circle, her complex nature haunts the hero. The heroine's aloofness (“she doesn't need anything: neither flowers, nor books, nor dinners, nor theaters, nor dinners outside the city ...”) is explained on Forgiveness Sunday, when the characters go together to the cemetery. We learn about her passion for antiquity, Kremlin cathedrals and monasteries. The heroine tries to find meaning and support in the world around her, but does not find it, even the love of the hero does not bring her happiness. The meaning of the name is that the heroine, not finding beauty and spirituality in the modern world, is cleansed of her previous life and goes to a monastery, where, as she thinks, she will be happy.
The protagonist of the third story, Vitaly Meshchersky, is himself guilty of a love tragedy that broke out between him, his cousin Sonya and her friend Natalie. The student cannot decide whether to prefer "passionate bodily intoxication" for Sonya or a sincere and sublime feeling for Natalie. Departure from choice ends in a tragic ending. The author shows us that Vitaly's feeling for Sonya is feigned, and love for Natalie is true, proves her superiority.
In stories about love, I. A. Bunin argues that love is a high and beautiful feeling, and a person who is able to love is highly moral. Despite the fact that love brings not only joy and happiness, but also grief, suffering is a great feeling. And I completely agree with this.

1. Introduction 3

2. The history of the creation of the cycle "Dark Alleys" 4

3.Storyline and images 5

4. Analysis of works 7

4.1Analysis of the story "In Paris" 8

4.2Analysis of the story "Caucasus" 10

4.3Analysis of the story "Sunstroke" 11

4.4 Analysis of the story "Clean Monday" 12

5. Conclusion 14

6. References 15

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Ivan Alekseevich Bunin - the son of Alexei Nikolaevich and Lyudmila Alexandrovna, whose maiden name is Chubarova, was born

1. October in 1870. Bunin had a peculiar feature of creating his stories: “I sat down to write, and this meant that for a long time, until I was discharged to the end. This is a start that the author hides within himself for a long time, and sometimes sits down to write instantly if he is in a solitary working rut.

Objectives of the study To achieve the purpose of the study, the analysis of Stravinsky's works within the framework of the project "Russian Seasons" is carried out. From the first works "The Firebird", "Petrushka" to the depersonalized and plotless ballets "The Wedding" and "The Rite of Spring". The work of Stravinsky with choreographers and decorators is considered.

Subject of the study The study reveals the features of I. Stravinsky's works. The prerequisites for the creation of ballet, which is the progenitor of modern music with its broken rhythms and modern dance, which is different from classical ballet, are considered.

The first part of the work is devoted to the history of the formation and development of special economic zones, the problems of state regulation of special economic zones in the Russian Federation, as well as foreign experience in the creation and management of special economic zones.

Theoretical base of the research. The work uses the works of well-known foreign and domestic scientists dealing with the problems of activity motivation, including motivation and stimulation of labor activity, in particular, such authors as L. Brentano, R. Daft, A. Maslow, H. Heckhausen, L.I. Bozhovich, K.K. Platonov, D.A. Leontiev, E.P. Ilyin, V.S. Magun, P.M. Yakobson and others.

6. List of references

1. Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. Collected works in four volumes. Volume 1 / ed. N. A. Samokhvalova; designed by V.V. Eremin; those. Ed.: V. N. Veselovskaya / gen. Ed.: N. M. Lyubimova / Moscow, ed. Truth 1988

2. Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. Collected works in four volumes. Volume 3 / ed. N. A. Samokhvalova; designed by V.V. Eremin; those. Ed.: V. N. Veselovskaya / gen. Ed.: N. M. Lyubimova / Moscow, ed. Truth 1988

3. Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. Collected works in four volumes. Volume 4 / ed. N. A. Samokhvalova; designed by V.V. Eremin; those. Ed.: V. N. Veselovskaya / gen. Ed.: N. M. Lyubimova / Moscow, ed. Truth 1988

The theme of love is the main one in the work of the vast majority of Russian writers, including I.A. Bunin with A.I. Kuprin.

But these two writers, friends, peers had completely different concepts of love. According to Bunin, this is a “sunstroke”, a short instant happiness, and according to Kuprin, love is a tragedy. But they both understood that this feeling can bring not only the highest happiness and bliss, but often torment, suffering, grief and even death. This is exactly what the authors want to show us.

A characteristic feature of the works of I.A. Bunin should be called the absence of an even, long and peaceful passing love. The love that I.A. sang Bunin, is a short, fleeting blinding flash. She is distinguished by her sudden appearance and a long and vivid trace in the memories of lovers. People in whose hearts this unexpected and raging feeling flared up are doomed to parting in advance.

It is this phenomenon of bright, crazy, but short-lived passion, a feeling distinguished by its fleeting, but sweet trail of memories, that is the true manifestation of love according to Bunin. He seems to indicate to readers that only a fleeting feeling that will not become the beginning of a new story of a long life together will live in the memory and hearts of people forever.

Love at first sight - fleeting, intoxicating, bewitching - it is precisely this feeling that every word of the stories "" and "" screams about.
In "Sunstroke" the complexity of understanding I.A. Bunin's love lies in the glorification not of sensuality and duration of feeling, but in its transience and brightness, which saturate love with an unknown force.

Leaving, the woman says:

“I give you my word of honor that I am not at all what you might think of me. There has never been anything even similar to what happened to me, and there will never be again. It’s like an eclipse hit me… Or rather, we both got something like a sunstroke…”

In Clean Monday, the story of people who have known the feeling of love is a little different from the story of the heroes of Sunstroke. The young man has been courting the lady for a long time. She reciprocates him. Their love arose unexpectedly, but it had a continuation. But it is precisely this continuation that shows from day to day that lovers in their souls are completely different, even opposite personalities. And this brings them to the inevitable final - parting.

Outwardly similar people have too many differences on a spiritual level. Both heroes attend concerts, skits, theater, read the works of fashionable writers, but the inner world of the heroine is much more complicated. She is not like everyone else. She is special, "chosen".

We see her long search for her place in life among modern, rich people. Unfortunately, the world in which she exists, the world of festivity and fashion, obviously dooms her to death. She will be able to break out of this cage by finding salvation in God. The heroine finds shelter in a church, a monastery. But there is no place for carnal love, despite its strength and purity. The girl takes a decisive step - breaks up with her beloved. This step was not easy for her, but it was she who saved her from a disastrous ending.

Reading the lines of Bunin's works, you understand that love is beautiful, but that is why it is doomed.

A.I. Kuprin was a singer of bright feelings, like I.A. Bunin, but his opinion about them was a little different.

In my opinion, General Anosov from "" fully explains his attitude to love.

“Love must be a tragedy. The greatest tragedy in the world,

General Anosov is of great importance for understanding the whole meaning of the work. It is he who is trying to force Vera Shein to relate to the feeling of the mysterious P.Zh. more seriously. He had the prophetic words:

“... maybe your life path, Verochka, was crossed by just such a love that women dream of and that men are no longer capable of.”

He slowly but surely brings her to the conclusion that the author himself made a long time ago: in nature, true, holy love is extremely rare and is available only to a few people worthy of it. Apparently, the poor man was just such a person: for eight years this unrequited feeling “flamed” in his heart, which is “strong as death.” He writes letters to her full of love, adoration, passion, but does not hope for reciprocity and is ready to give everything.

The last, dying letter of Zheltkov raises the theme of unrequited love to a high tragedy, each of his lines, as if filled with the deepest meaning. He does not reproach his beloved for not paying attention. No. He thanks her for the feeling that he knew only thanks to her, his deity.

Precisely as a deity, he addresses the Faith with his last words:

"Hallowed be thy name."

Only later, listening to Beethoven's second sonata, Vera Nikolaevna realizes that true love passed a few steps away from her, "which repeats itself once in a thousand years". She whispers words that could only come from Zheltkov's lips. The death of a “little” person seems to awaken Vera Shein herself from a long spiritual sleep, revealing to her a hitherto unknown world of beautiful and pure feelings. Love even for a moment, but connects two souls.

The story "Garnet Bracelet" tells not only about love, which is "strong as death", but also about love that conquered death:

“Do you remember me? Do you remember? Here I feel your tears. Calm down. I sleep so sweetly, sweetly, sweetly ... "

The whole work is painted with light sadness, quiet sadness, the consciousness of the beauty and greatness of all conquering love.

Love is the most wonderful feeling that exists on earth. When a person loves, the world seems more beautiful to him, even when the object of veneration does not reciprocate, as often happens in the works of A.I. Kuprin. Also, love can develop over the years, but it can also come like a bolt from the blue, as usually happens with I.A. Bunin

The theme of love in the works of I.A. Bunin I.A. Bunin "Clean Monday" "Easy breathing" "Sunstroke" "Dark alleys" "Mitina's love" "Grammar of love" Author of the work: Deputy Director for UVR, teacher of Russian language and literature Secondary school 924 of the Southern Administrative District of Moscow Meshcheryakova Natalya Alexandrovna

If no one knows why we smile, And no one knows why we cry. If no one knows why we are born, And no one knows why we die... If we move towards the abyss, where we will cease to be, If the night before us is mute and silent... Let's, let's at least love! Perhaps though it will not be in vain... Amado Nervo

"Dark Alleys" () is the highest creative achievement. The collection "Dark Alleys" () I. Bunin considered his highest creative achievement. the world collapses when reality is unbearable - stable, permanent, eternal” “... Most of the stories in this cycle were created during the Second World War. When the world is collapsing, when reality is unbearable, Bunin turns to the theme of love, i.e. stable, permanent, eternal "D. Malysheva

The focus of the author in all the stories of the "Dark Alleys" cycle is the love of a man and a woman, shown through the prism of time.

In each story, I. Bunin finds more and more shades of love feeling: A feeling of adoration ("Natalie") A feeling of adoration ("Natalie") A feigned game-love (Riviera) A feigned game-love (Riviera) Selling love ("Young lady Clara "Selling love ("Lady Clara" Love-enmity ("Saratov steamer") Love-enmity ("Saratov steamer") Love-despair ("Zoyka and Valeria") Love-despair ("Zoyka and Valeria" ) Love-witchcraft ("Iron Wool") Love-witchcraft ("Iron Wool") Love-self-forgetfulness ("Cold Autumn") Love-self-forgetfulness ("Cold Autumn") Love-pity, love-compassion Love-pity, love- compassion ("Three rubles") ("Three rubles") Bunin's love is not only spiritual unity, but also physical closeness, and love never lasts, does not develop into a state of lasting earthly bliss

Easy Breath, 1916 Read the three statements about the story and match them. K. Paustovsky: “This is not a story, but an insight, life itself with its awe and love, the writer’s sad and calm reflection is an epitaph for girlish beauty” N. Klyuchevsky: ““Light breathing” is not just and not only an “epitaph for girlish beauty” , but also - an epitaph to the spiritual "aristocratism" of being, which in life is opposed by the rough and helpless power of the "plebeians". I. Bunin: “... we call it uterine, and I called it light breathing there. Such naivete and lightness in everything, both in impudence and in death, and there is light breathing, “bewilderment” ”How do you explain the meaning of the story’s title? What is the symbolism of the name "Light Breath"?

"Grammar of Love" What is the peculiarity of the title of the story? What event is the story based on? What question does the hero (a certain Ivlev) ask when entering the house of a recently deceased landowner? Did he solve this mystery? And what is this secret? With what mood does the hero observe everything in the house? How does it feel to leave? How to explain why the son of Khvoshchinsky, at first refusing to sell the book, still sells it?

"Dark Alleys" How is the story structured? What is its plot? Why did the love of the heroes of this story not take place? What is the source of the tragedy that accompanies this love? Compare the description of the appearance of the characters. What impression do they make? Re-read the episode of the meeting of heroes. Why did Nadezhda so accurately determine the time during which they did not see each other? Why didn't this beautiful and not yet old woman get married? How do the characters feel after the breakup? What features of the plot and composition can be noted in this story?

Clean Monday, 1944 How is the story structured? What is its plot? In what time period does the story take us, what testifies to this? What is known about the hero and heroine? When do the main events of the story take place? Explain the meaning of the title of the story. Is the conflict in the soul of the characters resolved?

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