Russian world-class master of short stories, the last Russian master of critical realism at the end of 19, and one of the "three great short story writers in the world".

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life experience

early stage

high noon

19 1990s and early 20th century

Chekhov19 The 1990s and the early 20th century were the heyday of Chekhov's creation. At that time, the Russian liberation movement entered a new stage of proletarian revolution. Encouraged by the revolutionary class, the democratic spirit among students and other residents is becoming more and more active. Chekhov gradually overcame the tendency of not asking about politics and took an active part in social activities.

1892 famine relief in Nizhny Novgorod and Voronezh provinces;

1892 to 1893, participating in the cholera fighting work in Sherpukhov County;

1897 to participate in the census;

1898 supported the just action of the French writer Zola in defending Dreyfus, and thus alienated the relationship with Suvorin;

1902 In order to protest against the decision of the czar authorities to cancel the qualification of honorary academician of Maxim Maxim Gorky Academy of Sciences, he and Korolenko gave up the title of honorary academician of Academy of Sciences obtained in 1900;

1903 he sponsored persecuted young students to fight for democracy and freedom. His democratic stance became more and more firm, his observation of the bottom of social life became more and more profound, his premonition of the brewing revolution became more and more clear, and he gradually saw a faint "fire" from the dark reality. His creation has entered a new stage.

Life curtain call

With the further upsurge of social movements in the early 20th century, Chekhov realized that a powerful and sweeping "storm" was coming, and the bad habits of laziness, indifference and aversion to labor in society would be swept away. He praised labor and hoped that everyone would use their own labor to prepare for a better future (three sisters, 1900~ 190 1).

The Bride (1903), written on the eve of the revolution in 1905, expressed the desire to "turn over a new leaf" and move towards a new life. The script cherry orchard (1903~ 1904) shows the inevitable decline of the nobility and its historical process of being replaced by the emerging bourgeoisie, and at the same time shows the optimism of resolutely bidding farewell to the past and yearning for a happy future: the axe sound of cherry orchard's logging is accompanied by "Long live the new life!" Cheers.

However, because Chekhov's ideological position has never gone beyond the scope of democracy, the newcomers in his works do not know the only way to create a new life, and the "new life" they yearn for is always just a hazy vision.