SLA212H1 Lecture 19: Anna Karenina, Part VIII
18 Apr 2018
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Levin contemplating the same choice of suicide and rejecting it. Does what he needs to do to get married. How to bring levin into harmony with himself. How to bring together the way he sees his life with the way it actually is. Recognizes and accepts an unwavering, engrained, non-rational essence in himself that he now believes has been his primary motivation all along. Levin is not doing anything wrong, but needs to learn how to see his life different. Ignores things that do not have personal connection. Does not know whether he is right or wrong, but avoids thinking / talking about it. Contrast between gentle conclusions and grandiose plans for fundamental change. Importance of personal revelation and difficulties of conveying. Revelation as may be expressed in a realist novel. How idea of fundamental change might be expressed in realism. Levin"s is private but tolstoy"s is public - goes against tolstoy"s own need to make confess.
