Childhood is the first part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. As early as 65438+1990s, Gorky had the idea of writing biographies. From 1908 to 19 10, Lenin visited Gorky's apartment in Capri, Italy, and Gorky told him about his childhood and teenage life more than once. On one occasion, Lenin said to Gorky, "You should write everything out, old friend, you must write it out! All this is very educational and excellent! " Gorky said, "One day, I will write it ..." Soon, he fulfilled this promise.
Gorky truly described his miserable childhood in this book, reflecting some typical characteristics of social life at that time, especially vividly describing the customs of Russian petty bourgeoisie. It not only exposes those "lead scandals", but also depicts many outstanding ordinary people around the author, among which the image of grandmother is one of the most glorious and poetic images in Russian literature. It is these ordinary people who have given the young Gorky a good influence, so that he has developed a character that does not bend his knees to ugly phenomena and has become a strong and kind person through exercise.
Content essence
Gorky lost his father at the age of 4 and his mother at the age of 10. After that, he became a great writer of the Soviet Union through his own efforts and struggles. The autobiography trilogy was written with Lenin's encouragement. They are independent and interrelated, artistically reappearing the three stages of the protagonist Alesha's growth process, truly and profoundly reflecting the life of the Russian people at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century, and reflecting the vulgarity, selfishness and emptiness of ordinary citizens.
Childhood is the first part of this trilogy, which tells the story of Gorky's childhood when his father was lost and his mother remarried. He lived with his grumpy grandparents in a small dyehouse. Through the innocent eyes of a child, this book vividly shows the life of the people at the bottom of Russian society in the middle of the19th century, and depicts the ugly and ignorant life style of many ordinary citizens in society at that time and Russian folk customs such as religion and funeral. These memories of Gorky are helpful for us to understand the style of tsarist Russia and the social environment of Gorky's childhood.
Little Alicia's childhood life is "an indescribable rich, colorful and bizarre life" and "like a tragic fairy tale beautifully told by a kind and extremely honest genius". In the process of describing childhood life, almost every great event that happened to Alesha will arouse his consciousness, which is manifested in his works. Every story is followed by a sentence or a paragraph of Alesha's philosophical language. In Gorky's works, Alesha's life is the life of some talented people from the lower classes, and their works reflect the process of their character formation and consciousness growth.
This book is not only rigorous in artistic structure, but also excellent in characterization. The novel focuses on three characters: Alesha, grandfather and grandmother.
Status influence
Childhood is a unique autobiography. Different from most autobiographies, it doesn't take heroes as images to create portraits. It is more like a long and colorful oil painting, which restores a period of life of an era and a family. In this life, there have been many protagonists. Beauty and ugliness stand in front of readers at the same time, impacting their hearts, and we have to hold back our excitement again and again and continue reading. This great magical appeal is an artistic effect praised by many critics, and some western critics even think that Childhood is Gorky's most outstanding work. Childhood, with its unique artistic form, profound ideological content and unique artistic characteristics, occupies an important position in the history of Russian and Soviet literature and even the world literature, and has unparalleled artistic value.
Famous tour guide
Why does childhood stay in people's hearts for a long time and never die out, inspiring people to fight for a better tomorrow? Here, it is best to use Gorky's own words to answer: "The task of literature and art is to express the best and most honest things in people, that is, noble things, to arouse people's pride and sense of responsibility for themselves, and the era of needing heroes has arrived. People should draw strength from the hero's soul and body ... "
—— Ge Baoquan, a famous translator.
Childhood, The World, My University and Mother ... These books let me know that Comrade Gorky's grandfather was a Russian officer wearing an old woolen uniform, and his grandfather was a tracker on the Volga River, the kind of person with a bare bronze back in Lie Bin's oil paintings. I also learned that Gorky had worked as a small apprentice in a shoe store, and even saw with him how the shoe store owner touched the fat feet of female customers, kissed his smelly fingers, and heard Gorky giggling behind the door. Gorky is my childhood partner with several generations of us.
-the famous writer Han Jingting.
Personality assessment
Alesha is the central figure in this book. He was kind since he was a child, especially under the influence of his grandmother, and he generated a soul with a clear distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, and love and hate. He is diligent in learning and hard-working, and the severe life makes him grow into a strong-willed, ambitious and promising newcomer. The most important thing in his personality is: the desire for knowledge and the yearning for a better future. The hardships of life did not make him flinch. He firmly believes that the darkness will eventually pass and the future will be bright. Alesha's image is the representative of a new generation of Russian people, and his growth path is the road for millions of Russian workers to move towards revolution and a new life.
think
Alesha in childhood is an image with clear love and hate, love of reading and enterprising spirit. After reading this book, what do you think of Alesha's spirit of loving and eager to read? He insisted on reading and writing in such a difficult environment. When he was young, he often picked up rubbish in order to study. Will you learn from him, broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge through reading?
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