History of creating a novel war and world

History of creating a novel war and world

"War and Peace" is the legendary Roman-epic L.N. Tolstoy, marked the beginning of a new prose genre in world literature. Rows of the Great Work are created under the influence of history, philosophy and public disciplines, which thoroughly studied the great writer, since historical works require the most accurate information. Having studied a lot of documents, Tolstoy illuminated historical events with maximum accuracy, confirming the information of the memorars of eyewitness of the Great Epoch.



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Background writing novel war and world

The idea of \u200b\u200bwriting the novel arose as a result of impressions from the meeting with the Decembrist S. Volkonsky, who told Tolstoy about life in exile in Siberian expanses. It was 1856. A separate chapter under the name "Decembrists" fully passed the spirit of the hero, its principles and political beliefs.

After time, the author decides to return to deep into the story and highlight events not only 1825, but also the beginning of the formation of the Decembrist movement and their ideology. Lighting the events of 1812, Tolstoy studies many historical materials of that era - records V.A. Perovsky, S. Zhikhareva, A.P. Ermolova, Letters of General F.P. Uvarova, Freillans M.A. Wolve, as well as a number of materials of Russian and French historians. An equally important role in the creation of the novel was played by genuine battles, orders and orders of the high ranks of the Imperial Palace during the war of 1812.

But on this, the writer does not stop, returning to the historical events of the early XIX century. The historical Persons of Napoleon and Alexander I appear in the novel, thereby complicating the structure and genre of the Great Work.



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The main theme of the epic war and world

Brilliant historical creation, whose writing lasted for about 6 years, is an incredibly true mood of the Russian people, his psychology and worldview in the time of imperial battles. The rows of the novel are permeated with the morality and the individuality of each of the characters, which in the novel is more than 500. The whole picture of the work is to ingenious reproduction of artistic images of representatives of all sectors of society, ranging from the emperor and ending with a regular soldier. An incredible impression is made by scenes where the author transmits both the high motivations of heroes and low-lying, thereby pointing to the life of a Russian person in its various manifestations.

Over the years, under the influence of literary critics, Tolstoy contributes some changes to some parts of the work - reduces the number of volumes up to 4, transfers a part of reflections into an epilogue, contributes some stylistic directions. In 1868, work appears in the world in which the author sets out some details of the writing of the novel, sheds the light on some of the details of the style and the genre of writing, as well as the features of the main characters.

Thanks to the restless and talented person, what was Lion Nikolayevich Tolstoy, the world saw a great book about self-improvement, which was, and will be relevant among the huge number of readers of all times and peoples. Here, anyone will find answers to the most complex life questions, drawing wisdom, philosophy and ingenious historical experience of the Russian people.

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