Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tɜːrˈɡɛnjəf, -ˈɡeɪn-/;Russian:Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев;IPA:[ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲeɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf]; November 9[O.S. October 28]1818–September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
Life
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was born into a family of Russian land-owners in Oryol, Russia, on November 9, 1818 (October 28 Old Style). His father, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev, a colonel in the Russian cavalry, was a chronic philanderer. Ivan's mother, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova, was a wealthy heiress, who had an unhappy childhood and suffered in her marriage. Ivan's father died when Ivan was sixteen, leaving him and his brother Nicolas to be brought up by their abusive mother. Ivan's childhood was a lonely one, in constant fear of his mother who beat him often. After the standard schooling for a son of a gentleman, Turgenev studied for one year at the University of Moscow and then moved to the University of Saint Petersburg from 1834 to 1837, focusing on Classics, Russian literature, and philology. From 1838 until 1841 he studied philosophy, particularly Hegel, and history at the University of Berlin. He returned to Saint Petersburg to complete his master's examination.
"... if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin."
"Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly."
"Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em."
"However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words."
"Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel"
"Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this—Great God, grant that twice two be not four."
"I share no man's opinions; I have my own"
"To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice you feel in yourself"
"The temerity to believe in nothing"
"Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that."
Today Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are two of the most famous Russian writers. In the 1880s, however, the picture was very different. Ivan Turgenev was the most famous Russian writer in the west. In fact, it was Turgenev who introduced both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy to a western audience and made them popular. Today he’s somehow obscured in the shadow of those two giants. In this video I will try to change that by making a case as to why you should consider Turgenev on the same level as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. When it comes to artistic ability, I think he is even better, especially in his writing about nature, failed romance, and parental love. In this video, I will try to justify my claim by looking at Turgenev’s life, his writing style, and compare him to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Turgenev is somet...
published: 01 Mar 2022
You MUST read Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev for the protagonist Bazarov
The first reason to read this book is plain and simple - classic Russian literature! And the second reason is Bazarov, one of the two main characters who is the perfect example of a nihilist, but with a few loopholes of course because Ivan Turgenev’s fictive perception is neither here nor there (in the most agreeable and fascinating manner).
Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to Read A Day Club if you haven’t already. Thanks so much for being here. :)
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Three 5 Star Russian Reads: Turgenev, Chekhov, and Dostoyevsky // CarolinaMaryaReads 2021
Hello friends!
Today we not only have one 5 star Russian read, but THREE!!!
I'll be discussing First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov, and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky!
Each story is very different from the others, but all pack the typical Russian lit. punch!
I can't recommend these stories enough, and would love to know some of your favorite Russian (short or long) stories!
best wishes,
Carolyn :)
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published: 25 Aug 2021
Why Read Fathers And Sons by Ivan Turgenev? A Review
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"In the larger, non-Russian view, what should make Turgenev sympathetic and welcome to the English-speaking world, is his essential humanity. All his creations, fortunate and unfortunate, oppressed and oppressors, are human beings, no strange beasts in a menagerie or damned souls knocking themselves to pieces in the stuffy darkness of mystical contradictions. They are human beings, fit to live, fit to suffer, fit to struggle, fit to win, fit to lose, in the endless and inspiring game of pursuing from day to day the ever-receding future." - Joseph Conrad, from Notes on Life and Letters (19210
For more on the sampled lecture:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6137964-the-modern-scholar
published: 22 Apr 2019
Turgenev's Fathers and Sons - This Is How to Defeat a Nihilist
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is one of the greatest Russian novels that introduced one of the most famous Russian characters of all time. Bazarov personified the philosophy of Russian nihilism that started in 19th century and culminated in the 20th century with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Fathers and Sons influence on Dostoevsky is apparent, specially in the Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment, all three I have reviewed here. Also, note that Fathers and Sons was published in 1862, 4 years before Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and 7 years before Tolstoy’s War and Peace, so it is a pioneer of Russian literature. In this video, I will summarise the story, discus...
published: 05 Jan 2022
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
published: 12 May 2022
First Love by Ivan Turgenev
One of Turgenev's great writings. Tragic elements, as is typical of this author.
Here I also compare Russian authors' different capacities for depicting the souls of women.
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published: 22 Nov 2021
Irwin Weil - Turgenev (Lecture 1, part 1)
published: 30 Sep 2020
Theodore Dalrymple on Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons"
Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) on Ivan Turgenev’s 1862 “Fathers and Sons”, followed by a conversation about the novel with Dr Stephen Blackwood. Dr Daniels illuminates the depth of Turgenev’s insight into the revolutionary mindset, and its relevance to the nihilism of our own time and culture. This event was held live on January 14th, 2021 and includes questions from participants around the world.
Links of interest:
Biography of Anthony Daniels, with links to many of his books:
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/life/
The music linked in the discussion is to Schubert's "Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D.343" (transcribed by Deborah Pae), played by Deboral Pae (cello) and Misha Namirovsky (piano), available at https://bit.ly/3a8UoO6.
Ralsto...
Today Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are two of the most famous Russian writers. In the 1880s, however, the picture was very different. Ivan Turgenev was the most famou...
Today Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are two of the most famous Russian writers. In the 1880s, however, the picture was very different. Ivan Turgenev was the most famous Russian writer in the west. In fact, it was Turgenev who introduced both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy to a western audience and made them popular. Today he’s somehow obscured in the shadow of those two giants. In this video I will try to change that by making a case as to why you should consider Turgenev on the same level as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. When it comes to artistic ability, I think he is even better, especially in his writing about nature, failed romance, and parental love. In this video, I will try to justify my claim by looking at Turgenev’s life, his writing style, and compare him to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Turgenev is sometimes considered a writer’s writer. His most famous work, Fathers and Sons I think, had a big influence on both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. It was published in 1862, four years later Dostoevsky published his most famous novel, Crime and Punishment and 7 years later Tolstoy published his own masterpiece, War and Peace. So Turgenev was the first of those great Russian giants. I will also explain why he is often called the most un-Russian Russian writer, almost French in his style.
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01:27 Turgenev's Life
06:15 Turgenev's Novels
09:12 Turgenev was an artist
14:24 Generational divide
17:27 Beauty in failure
19:37 Nature
22:54 final words
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Today Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are two of the most famous Russian writers. In the 1880s, however, the picture was very different. Ivan Turgenev was the most famous Russian writer in the west. In fact, it was Turgenev who introduced both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy to a western audience and made them popular. Today he’s somehow obscured in the shadow of those two giants. In this video I will try to change that by making a case as to why you should consider Turgenev on the same level as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. When it comes to artistic ability, I think he is even better, especially in his writing about nature, failed romance, and parental love. In this video, I will try to justify my claim by looking at Turgenev’s life, his writing style, and compare him to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Turgenev is sometimes considered a writer’s writer. His most famous work, Fathers and Sons I think, had a big influence on both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. It was published in 1862, four years later Dostoevsky published his most famous novel, Crime and Punishment and 7 years later Tolstoy published his own masterpiece, War and Peace. So Turgenev was the first of those great Russian giants. I will also explain why he is often called the most un-Russian Russian writer, almost French in his style.
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00:00 Intro
01:27 Turgenev's Life
06:15 Turgenev's Novels
09:12 Turgenev was an artist
14:24 Generational divide
17:27 Beauty in failure
19:37 Nature
22:54 final words
Music:
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The first reason to read this book is plain and simple - classic Russian literature! And the second reason is Bazarov, one of the two main characters who is the...
The first reason to read this book is plain and simple - classic Russian literature! And the second reason is Bazarov, one of the two main characters who is the perfect example of a nihilist, but with a few loopholes of course because Ivan Turgenev’s fictive perception is neither here nor there (in the most agreeable and fascinating manner).
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The first reason to read this book is plain and simple - classic Russian literature! And the second reason is Bazarov, one of the two main characters who is the perfect example of a nihilist, but with a few loopholes of course because Ivan Turgenev’s fictive perception is neither here nor there (in the most agreeable and fascinating manner).
Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to Read A Day Club if you haven’t already. Thanks so much for being here. :)
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Hello friends!
Today we not only have one 5 star Russian read, but THREE!!!
I'll be discussing First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov, and Wh...
Hello friends!
Today we not only have one 5 star Russian read, but THREE!!!
I'll be discussing First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov, and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky!
Each story is very different from the others, but all pack the typical Russian lit. punch!
I can't recommend these stories enough, and would love to know some of your favorite Russian (short or long) stories!
best wishes,
Carolyn :)
***More (Russian lit.) CarolinaMaryaReads videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7pJsMVvD8&list=PLc4SQFj6D_k4kYT4FGuAtRmGqI3gGnyvo
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Happy Reading :)
#russianlit #classicbooks #readingvlog
Hello friends!
Today we not only have one 5 star Russian read, but THREE!!!
I'll be discussing First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov, and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky!
Each story is very different from the others, but all pack the typical Russian lit. punch!
I can't recommend these stories enough, and would love to know some of your favorite Russian (short or long) stories!
best wishes,
Carolyn :)
***More (Russian lit.) CarolinaMaryaReads videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7pJsMVvD8&list=PLc4SQFj6D_k4kYT4FGuAtRmGqI3gGnyvo
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***Want to write to me or send something?
Carolyn Castagna
P. O. Box 773
Greenlawn NY 11740
United States
***Please don't feel like you need to send me anything, but if you'd like to I would be honored!!!*** :)
***About me -
I just graduated from college at the Fashion Institute of Technology with my Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration with a minor in English/Writing.
My greatest passion in life is combining my two loves, literature and art!
Happy Reading :)
#russianlit #classicbooks #readingvlog
Thank you for viewing!
"In the larger, non-Russian view, what should make Turgenev sympathetic and welcome to the English-speaking world, is his essential hum...
Thank you for viewing!
"In the larger, non-Russian view, what should make Turgenev sympathetic and welcome to the English-speaking world, is his essential humanity. All his creations, fortunate and unfortunate, oppressed and oppressors, are human beings, no strange beasts in a menagerie or damned souls knocking themselves to pieces in the stuffy darkness of mystical contradictions. They are human beings, fit to live, fit to suffer, fit to struggle, fit to win, fit to lose, in the endless and inspiring game of pursuing from day to day the ever-receding future." - Joseph Conrad, from Notes on Life and Letters (19210
For more on the sampled lecture:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6137964-the-modern-scholar
Thank you for viewing!
"In the larger, non-Russian view, what should make Turgenev sympathetic and welcome to the English-speaking world, is his essential humanity. All his creations, fortunate and unfortunate, oppressed and oppressors, are human beings, no strange beasts in a menagerie or damned souls knocking themselves to pieces in the stuffy darkness of mystical contradictions. They are human beings, fit to live, fit to suffer, fit to struggle, fit to win, fit to lose, in the endless and inspiring game of pursuing from day to day the ever-receding future." - Joseph Conrad, from Notes on Life and Letters (19210
For more on the sampled lecture:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6137964-the-modern-scholar
If you enjoy my content, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/fictionbeast
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is one of the greatest Russian novels t...
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is one of the greatest Russian novels that introduced one of the most famous Russian characters of all time. Bazarov personified the philosophy of Russian nihilism that started in 19th century and culminated in the 20th century with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Fathers and Sons influence on Dostoevsky is apparent, specially in the Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment, all three I have reviewed here. Also, note that Fathers and Sons was published in 1862, 4 years before Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and 7 years before Tolstoy’s War and Peace, so it is a pioneer of Russian literature. In this video, I will summarise the story, discuss Russian nihilism, why Bazarov is called the greatest nihilist, and how Turgenev masterfully builds, develops, and transforms his characters so devastatingly skilfully like a true artist that breaks your heart. I have broken down the novel into five major conflicts depicted by Turgenev, a master of show, don’t tell. But first let me give you a quick overview of Russia at the time.
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is one of the greatest Russian novels that introduced one of the most famous Russian characters of all time. Bazarov personified the philosophy of Russian nihilism that started in 19th century and culminated in the 20th century with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Fathers and Sons influence on Dostoevsky is apparent, specially in the Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment, all three I have reviewed here. Also, note that Fathers and Sons was published in 1862, 4 years before Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and 7 years before Tolstoy’s War and Peace, so it is a pioneer of Russian literature. In this video, I will summarise the story, discuss Russian nihilism, why Bazarov is called the greatest nihilist, and how Turgenev masterfully builds, develops, and transforms his characters so devastatingly skilfully like a true artist that breaks your heart. I have broken down the novel into five major conflicts depicted by Turgenev, a master of show, don’t tell. But first let me give you a quick overview of Russia at the time.
Music:
We Are Here by Declan DP https://soundcloud.com/declandp
Licensing Agreement: http://declandp.info/music-licensing
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_we-are-here
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kNqzp11gXio
#fathersandsons
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#russianliterature
One of Turgenev's great writings. Tragic elements, as is typical of this author.
Here I also compare Russian authors' different capacities for depicting the sou...
One of Turgenev's great writings. Tragic elements, as is typical of this author.
Here I also compare Russian authors' different capacities for depicting the souls of women.
Please like, subscribe, and consider supporting my work via Patreon, Paypal, etc.
My book: Go Out From Us is for sale on Amazon.
One of Turgenev's great writings. Tragic elements, as is typical of this author.
Here I also compare Russian authors' different capacities for depicting the souls of women.
Please like, subscribe, and consider supporting my work via Patreon, Paypal, etc.
My book: Go Out From Us is for sale on Amazon.
Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) on Ivan Turgenev’s 1862 “Fathers and Sons”, followed by a conversation about the n...
Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) on Ivan Turgenev’s 1862 “Fathers and Sons”, followed by a conversation about the novel with Dr Stephen Blackwood. Dr Daniels illuminates the depth of Turgenev’s insight into the revolutionary mindset, and its relevance to the nihilism of our own time and culture. This event was held live on January 14th, 2021 and includes questions from participants around the world.
Links of interest:
Biography of Anthony Daniels, with links to many of his books:
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/life/
The music linked in the discussion is to Schubert's "Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D.343" (transcribed by Deborah Pae), played by Deboral Pae (cello) and Misha Namirovsky (piano), available at https://bit.ly/3a8UoO6.
Ralston College
https://www.ralston.ac
Ralston College Short Courses
https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-short-courses
Stephen Blackwood
https://www.stephenjblackwood.com
Timeline
0:00 - Introduction
6:17 - Dr Daniels' talk
48:45 - Discussion and Q&A
#RalstonCollege
Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) on Ivan Turgenev’s 1862 “Fathers and Sons”, followed by a conversation about the novel with Dr Stephen Blackwood. Dr Daniels illuminates the depth of Turgenev’s insight into the revolutionary mindset, and its relevance to the nihilism of our own time and culture. This event was held live on January 14th, 2021 and includes questions from participants around the world.
Links of interest:
Biography of Anthony Daniels, with links to many of his books:
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/life/
The music linked in the discussion is to Schubert's "Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D.343" (transcribed by Deborah Pae), played by Deboral Pae (cello) and Misha Namirovsky (piano), available at https://bit.ly/3a8UoO6.
Ralston College
https://www.ralston.ac
Ralston College Short Courses
https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-short-courses
Stephen Blackwood
https://www.stephenjblackwood.com
Timeline
0:00 - Introduction
6:17 - Dr Daniels' talk
48:45 - Discussion and Q&A
#RalstonCollege
Today Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are two of the most famous Russian writers. In the 1880s, however, the picture was very different. Ivan Turgenev was the most famous Russian writer in the west. In fact, it was Turgenev who introduced both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy to a western audience and made them popular. Today he’s somehow obscured in the shadow of those two giants. In this video I will try to change that by making a case as to why you should consider Turgenev on the same level as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. When it comes to artistic ability, I think he is even better, especially in his writing about nature, failed romance, and parental love. In this video, I will try to justify my claim by looking at Turgenev’s life, his writing style, and compare him to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Turgenev is sometimes considered a writer’s writer. His most famous work, Fathers and Sons I think, had a big influence on both Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. It was published in 1862, four years later Dostoevsky published his most famous novel, Crime and Punishment and 7 years later Tolstoy published his own masterpiece, War and Peace. So Turgenev was the first of those great Russian giants. I will also explain why he is often called the most un-Russian Russian writer, almost French in his style.
Support the channel
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► One-time donation: https://ko-fi.com/fictionbeast
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🕔Time Stamps🕔
00:00 Intro
01:27 Turgenev's Life
06:15 Turgenev's Novels
09:12 Turgenev was an artist
14:24 Generational divide
17:27 Beauty in failure
19:37 Nature
22:54 final words
Music:
We Are Here by Declan DP https://soundcloud.com/declandp
Licensing Agreement: http://declandp.info/music-licensing
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_we-are-here
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/kNqzp11gXio
#turgenev
#russianliterature
#dostoevsky
#tolstoy
The first reason to read this book is plain and simple - classic Russian literature! And the second reason is Bazarov, one of the two main characters who is the perfect example of a nihilist, but with a few loopholes of course because Ivan Turgenev’s fictive perception is neither here nor there (in the most agreeable and fascinating manner).
Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to Read A Day Club if you haven’t already. Thanks so much for being here. :)
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Hello friends!
Today we not only have one 5 star Russian read, but THREE!!!
I'll be discussing First Love by Ivan Turgenev, Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov, and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky!
Each story is very different from the others, but all pack the typical Russian lit. punch!
I can't recommend these stories enough, and would love to know some of your favorite Russian (short or long) stories!
best wishes,
Carolyn :)
***More (Russian lit.) CarolinaMaryaReads videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7pJsMVvD8&list=PLc4SQFj6D_k4kYT4FGuAtRmGqI3gGnyvo
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***My Etsy Shop (some sold out, but more still available!!!) - https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarolynMarieReads
***Want to write to me or send something?
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P. O. Box 773
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"In the larger, non-Russian view, what should make Turgenev sympathetic and welcome to the English-speaking world, is his essential humanity. All his creations, fortunate and unfortunate, oppressed and oppressors, are human beings, no strange beasts in a menagerie or damned souls knocking themselves to pieces in the stuffy darkness of mystical contradictions. They are human beings, fit to live, fit to suffer, fit to struggle, fit to win, fit to lose, in the endless and inspiring game of pursuing from day to day the ever-receding future." - Joseph Conrad, from Notes on Life and Letters (19210
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is one of the greatest Russian novels that introduced one of the most famous Russian characters of all time. Bazarov personified the philosophy of Russian nihilism that started in 19th century and culminated in the 20th century with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Fathers and Sons influence on Dostoevsky is apparent, specially in the Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground and Crime and Punishment, all three I have reviewed here. Also, note that Fathers and Sons was published in 1862, 4 years before Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and 7 years before Tolstoy’s War and Peace, so it is a pioneer of Russian literature. In this video, I will summarise the story, discuss Russian nihilism, why Bazarov is called the greatest nihilist, and how Turgenev masterfully builds, develops, and transforms his characters so devastatingly skilfully like a true artist that breaks your heart. I have broken down the novel into five major conflicts depicted by Turgenev, a master of show, don’t tell. But first let me give you a quick overview of Russia at the time.
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One of Turgenev's great writings. Tragic elements, as is typical of this author.
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Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Anthony Daniels (Theodore Dalrymple) on Ivan Turgenev’s 1862 “Fathers and Sons”, followed by a conversation about the novel with Dr Stephen Blackwood. Dr Daniels illuminates the depth of Turgenev’s insight into the revolutionary mindset, and its relevance to the nihilism of our own time and culture. This event was held live on January 14th, 2021 and includes questions from participants around the world.
Links of interest:
Biography of Anthony Daniels, with links to many of his books:
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/life/
The music linked in the discussion is to Schubert's "Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D.343" (transcribed by Deborah Pae), played by Deboral Pae (cello) and Misha Namirovsky (piano), available at https://bit.ly/3a8UoO6.
Ralston College
https://www.ralston.ac
Ralston College Short Courses
https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-short-courses
Stephen Blackwood
https://www.stephenjblackwood.com
Timeline
0:00 - Introduction
6:17 - Dr Daniels' talk
48:45 - Discussion and Q&A
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tɜːrˈɡɛnjəf, -ˈɡeɪn-/;Russian:Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев;IPA:[ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲeɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf]; November 9[O.S. October 28]1818–September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
Life
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was born into a family of Russian land-owners in Oryol, Russia, on November 9, 1818 (October 28 Old Style). His father, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev, a colonel in the Russian cavalry, was a chronic philanderer. Ivan's mother, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova, was a wealthy heiress, who had an unhappy childhood and suffered in her marriage. Ivan's father died when Ivan was sixteen, leaving him and his brother Nicolas to be brought up by their abusive mother. Ivan's childhood was a lonely one, in constant fear of his mother who beat him often. After the standard schooling for a son of a gentleman, Turgenev studied for one year at the University of Moscow and then moved to the University of Saint Petersburg from 1834 to 1837, focusing on Classics, Russian literature, and philology. From 1838 until 1841 he studied philosophy, particularly Hegel, and history at the University of Berlin. He returned to Saint Petersburg to complete his master's examination.
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