Schiller`s reflexions in the novels by Ivan Turgenev in 1850-1860
The author analyses the novels by Ivan Turgenev in which his ethnical and aesthetical views were fully reflected, and the forthcoming analysis of the novels by Turgenev brings the influence of Friedrich Schiller` ideas upon Turgenev`s world outlook and artistic method, the collusion of the proximity of moral philosophic and aesthetic positions of the German and Russian writers. The article traces the evolution of Turgenev`s orientation to Schiller`s literary tradition. Most Schiller`s reminiscences in Turgenev`s work play a merely literary role. The connection between the two writers is expressed through similarity of themes and ideas, the speech manner of positive characters and the portrayal of love in its various manifestations. «Schiller`s reflections» in works of the Russian classical writer enable emphasising the idealistic aspect of Turgenev`s writing. Re-evaluation of philosophical and poetic idealism makes Turgenev connect Schiller`s imagery with reminiscences of the past and romantic outburst. The images of idealists in Turgenev`s works are based on Schiller`s concept of detachment, perceived as a slogan. Turgenev often portrays Russian Schiller-based philosophy as an everyday phenomen of the late 1830s-early 1840s. Schiller in Turgenev`s work is introduced in the real political and social context of the new times.