SLA367H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Capital, Melikhovo, Libido
19 Apr 2020
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Ex of cherry orchard - eulogy to a dying age. Loss of economic and cultural capital of old aristocracy. Combination of literary movements that would arise in the early years of the twentieth century. Born in southern russia in 1860 --> immediately prior to the emancipation of the serfs. Turbulent years in history of the russian empire. Emancipation plays a significant role in chekhov"s plays. Imperial manifesto of february 19, 1861 liberated 22 million serfs. Students from city coming to the peasants to attempt to revolutionize them. Taganrog, a provincial backwater, home to many immigrants. Based many of his stories on this town. Began writing stories before he even finished high school. Scholarship to study medicine and moved to moscow. Earned money by publishing comic sketches and short stories under the pseudonym antosha. Chekhonte in a comic magazine called the alarm clock. Early attitude towards his literary work was quite dismissive.
