Contemporary Heroes (Selected Poems of Lermontov)

Author: Selected Poems of Lermontov [Russian]
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book is rich in social and psychological content and is written in extremely beautiful prose. It has played an important role in the development of Russian novel and prose history. The narrative technique of this novel is also somewhat unique: the shift from the narrator's third-person perspective to the first-person perspective of the inserted text, i.e., transitioning from an external perspective to the internal focalization of the protagonist. Through the progressive relationship of the narrative subject, it embodies a progressively deepening self-examination consciousness. In fact, the Pechorin in the author's mind is a portrait of his contemporaries, and he aims to depict the personality flaws of this generation as a warning to the world. This book is rich in social and psychological content and is written in extremely beautiful prose. It has played an important role in the development of Russian novel and prose history. The narrative technique of this novel is also somewhat unique: the shift from the narrator's third-person perspective to the first-person perspective of the inserted text, i.e., transitioning from an external perspective to the internal focalization of the protagonist. Through the progressive relationship of the narrative subject, it embodies a progressively deepening self-examination consciousness. In fact, the Pechorin in the author's mind is a portrait of his contemporaries, and he aims to depict the personality flaws of this generation as a warning to the world.