CONTRAST BETWEEN ONEGIN AND LENSKY IN THE NOVEL BY A.S. PUSHKIN'S "EUGENE ONEGIN”

Abstract

Lensky, the hero of the novel "Eugene Onegin," reflects two concepts of Schiller's perception in Russian culture of the 1820s: the "sublime," freedom-loving, idealistic (as the figure of "Storm und Drang") and the "pseudo-romantic," elegiac, harking back to Zhukovsky's translations of his elegies and ballads. However, Pushkin himself, in "Eugene Onegin," clearly does not fully share these concepts, emphasizing one or the other when necessary. The projection of both in the novel ranges from ironic debasement to sympathetic acceptance, which, along with their latent conflict, creates a dialectical tension in the image. Lensky. It is precisely Schiller's motifs that give the image depth. In the rough drafts of the exposition of Lensky's image, the expressiveness and passion of his nature, his rebelliousness and political engagement are much more strongly emphasized. But the author, while working on the text, "shifts" Lensky's image towards a dreamy elegiac, while maintaining a recognizable Schillerian image. The description of Lensky's ideals entirely moves in line with Schiller's philosophy and work. In this regard, the article for the first time examines possible reminiscences of the image of Lensky from Schiller's poems "Hope", "Dreams", "Friendship", "The Triumph of Love", "The Secret of Memory (to Laura)", "Artists", "Happiness", "Ideals and Life", and "The Fugitive". Having parodied the tradition of the "sad" elegy using the example of Lensky's dying poems, the author unexpectedly includes two similar elegies as lyrical digressions. Despite the prevalence of Byronic elements in the novel In the ideological and artistic context and Pushkin's apparent irony in relation to the Schillerian tradition, he saw it as a possible reference point for the development of Russian literature.