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Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837

Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837. Emily Brinn. Personal Life. Born in Moscow Poor family Studied languages Began writing poems at a young age Led an unproductive life while in the civil service of the department of foreign affairs

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Alexander Pushkin 1799-1837

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  1. Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 Emily Brinn

  2. Personal Life • Born in Moscow • Poor family • Studied languages • Began writing poems at a young age • Led an unproductive life while in the civil service of the department of foreign affairs • Turned to poetry as a way to make money and he later became Russia’s first professional poet • Married Nathalie Goncharova • Had three children • Was killed in a duel (1837)

  3. Literature • Experimented with romantic tragedies • Tested the boundaries • His works told a story about society • EvgeniiOnegin (1833)

  4. “I Loved You…” I loved you, and I probably still do,And for a while the feeling may remain...But let my love no longer trouble you,I do not wish to cause you any pain.I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain -Made up a love so tender and so trueAs may God grant you to be loved again.

  5. Controversial Works • Got in trouble for his outspoken political views • Pushkin was exiled to the South of Russia by the czar, Alexander I • Continued writing poems • Decembrist Uprising • Used his poetry as a way of expressing the agony and suppression of the Russian people

  6. “Ode to Liberty” Let meSing to the world of LibertyAnd strike the scum that wears a crown!Reveal to me the noble pathWhere that exalted Gaul2 once strode,When you in storied days of wrathInspired in him a dauntless Ode.Now, flighty Fortune's favored knaves,Tremble, O Tyrants of the Earth!But you: take heed now, know your worthAnd rise as men, O fallen slaves!Wherever I cast my gaze, I seeA body flayed, an ankle chained,The useless tears of Slavery,The Law perverted and profaned.Yea, everywhere iniquitousPower in the fog of superstitionAscends: Vainglory's fateful passion,And Serfdom's gruesome genius.

  7. 19th Century • Early 1830s: Russian literature underwent a golden age • Romanticism permitted a pinnacle of poetic talent • Pushkin shaped the literary Russian language and introduced a new level of creativity to Russian literature

  8. Affect on History • First professional poet in Russia • Influenced the cultural development of Russia • Great influence on later dramatic writers • First to use everyday speech in his poetry • Fused Old Slavonic and vernacular Russian in his writing • Founder of modern Russian literature

  9. Crime and Punishment • Published in 1866 • Pushkin established the foundation for Dostoevsky • 1880, Fyodor Dostoevsky attended the dedication of the Pushkin monument

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  11. Works Cited "Aleksandr Pushkin." Www.kirjasto.sci.fi. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/puskin.htm>. "Alexander (Aleksandr) Pushkin." TheatreHistory.com. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://www.theatrehistory.com/russian/pushkin001.html>. "Alexander Pushkin - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss." The Literature Network: Online Classic Literature, Poems, and Quotes. Essays & Summaries. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://www.online-literature.com/alexander-pushkin/>. "Famous Russian People. Russian Celebrities. Russian Poets, Russian Painters, Russian Artists." Individual Sightseeing Tours of St. Petersburg, Russia, St.Petersburg Private Guide. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://stpetersburg-guide.com/people/pushkin.shtml>. "Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Pushkin & Dostoevsky." Great Stories, People, Books & Events in Literary History. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://www.todayinliterature.com/stories.asp?Event_Date=6/8/1880>. Shubnaya, Ekaterina. "Prominent Russians: Aleksandr Pushkin." Russiapedia. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. <http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/literature/aleksandr-pushkin/>. "Works of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin: Books: Fiction/Novel,Play,Poem,Short Story." Read Book Online: Literature Books,novels,shortStories,fiction,non-fiction, Poems,essays,plays,Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize. Web. 01 Dec. 2011. <http://www.readbookonline.net/books/Pushkin/413/>. "Pushkin's Biography." James Madison University - 'it-educ.jmu.edu' (alias 'educ.jmu.edu', Originally 'peregrin.jmu.edu'). Web. 01 Dec. 2011. <http://educ.jmu.edu/~pleckesg/Pushkin/Bio.html>. "Alexander Pushkin- Russian of African Descent." Alliance of Professional Africans in the Diaspora. Web. 1 Dec. 2011. <http://www.allproafricans.com/alexander-pushkin-%E2%80%93-russian-african-descent/>.

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