SLAVIC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jane Austen, Proverb, Soltyrei
16 Mar 2018
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The story of anna karenina is only about 40% of the whole novel. When you put three plots in the novel, you need each to reflect upon the other. First sentence: "all happy families resemble each other. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. " Realist novels: presupposes that nobody is in possession of the absolute truth - everybody"s truth is partial. Partial in both senses: a little biased and not complete. This statement is like a statement from god. Tolstoy writes as if he were a biblical prophet. Jane austen: "it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a great fortune must be in want of a wife" (pride & prejudice) Ironic because of what happens in the book, so this is. If you have a happy life, it is because nothing in particular happens.
