Stolz and Bummer Comparison Table Conclusion. Oblomov and stolz, comparative characteristics
Annex 1
Oblomov
Volkov
Sudbinsky
Penkin
Stolz
Olga
Insignificant connections
Significant connections
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Appendix 2
Worksheet # 1
Criterion | Oblomov | Stolz |
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Appearance (when presented to the reader) | "... about thirty-two three years of age, medium height, pleasant appearance, with dark gray eyes, but with the absence of any definite idea ... an even light of carelessness glimmered all over his face " | the same age as Oblomov, "thin, he has almost no cheeks at all, ... the complexion is even, swarthy and no blush; although a little greenish, but expressive " |
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Origin | from a wealthy noble family with patriarchal traditions. His parents, like grandfathers, did nothing: serfs worked for them | a native of the bourgeois class (his father left Germany, wandered around Switzerland and settled in Russia, becoming the manager of the estate). Sh graduated from the university brilliantly, served with success, and retired to pursue his own business; makes a house and money. He is a member of a trading company that sends goods overseas; as an agent of the company, Sh. travels to Belgium, England, throughout Russia. The image of Sh. Is built on the basis of the idea of balance, harmonious correspondence between the physical and the spiritual, reason and feeling, suffering and pleasure. The ideal of Sh. Is measure and harmony in work, life, rest, love. (or ... from a poor family: his father (Russified German) was the manager of a rich estate, his mother was an impoverished Russian noblewoman |
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Upbringing | Parents wanted to present Ilya with all the blessings “somehow cheaper, with different tricks.” Parents taught him to be idle and calm (they did not allow him to pick up the dropped thing, dress, pour himself water). the stigma of slavery.the family had a cult of food, and after eating - a deep sleep | his father gave him the upbringing that he received from his father: he taught all the practical sciences, forced him to work early, and sent his son, who had graduated from the university, away from him. his father taught him that the main thing in life is money, strictness and accuracy |
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Oblomov didn't even let out into the street. "And what are the servants for?" Soon Ilya himself realized that giving orders was calmer and more convenient. A dexterous, agile child is constantly stopped by his parents and a nanny for fear that the boy will "fall, hurt himself" or catch a cold, he was cherished like a greenhouse flower. "Seekers of manifestations of power turned inward and nickle, withering." | "Looking up from the pointer, he ran to destroy the birds nests with boys ", |
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Education | studied in a small boarding school, located five miles from Oblomovka, in the village of Verkhlev. Both graduated from the University of Moscow | ||
From the age of eight he sat with his father at a geographical map, sorted out bible verses in the warehouses of Herder, Wieland, and summed up the illiterate accounts of peasants, bourgeois and factory workers, and with his mother he read sacred history, taught Krylov's fables and analyzed Telemak's warehouses. |
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Pledged program | Dream. Prosperity and sleep - the passive beginning found solace in his favorite “conciliatory and soothing” words “maybe”, “maybe” and “somehow” and protected himself from misfortunes with them. He was ready to shift the matter onto anyone, without caring about his outcome and the decency of the chosen person (this is how he trusted the swindlers who robbed his estate) | Stolz was afraid to dream, his happiness was in constancy, energy and vigorous activity are an active principle |
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Activity | "Lying down for Ilya Ilyich was not a necessity, like a sick person or a person who wants to sleep, nor an accident, like someone who is tired, nor pleasure, like a lazy person: this was his normal state." | "He is incessantly on the move: if society needs to send an agent to Belgium or England, they send him; you need to write some project or adapt new idea to the point - choose him. Meanwhile, he travels to the light and reads " |
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Outlook on life | "Life: life is good!" sleeping people, worse than me, these members of the world and society! ... Don't they sleep sitting all their lives? How am I more guilty than they are, lying at home and not infecting their heads with threes and jacks? " | Stolz learns life, asks her: "What to do? Where to go next?" And it goes! Without Oblomov ... |
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the kind, lazy one worries most about his own peace. for him, happiness is complete peace and good food. he spends his life on the couch with his comfortable robe on. does nothing, is not interested in anything, loves to withdraw into himself and live in the world of dreams and dreams he created, the amazing childish purity of his soul and introspection, worthy of a philosopher, the embodiment of gentleness and meekness | strong and smart, he is in constant activity and does not shun the most dastardly work. Through his hard work, willpower, patience and enterprise, he became rich and famous person... a real "iron" character was formed. But in some ways he resembles a machine, a robot, a dryish rationalist |
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Love test | “Life is poetry. People are free to distort it! " Frightened that he was not worthy of love. He needs love not equal, but maternal (the kind that Agafya Pshenitsyna gave him) | he needs a woman of equal views and strength (Olga Ilyinskaya). I am glad that I met her abroad, glad that she listens to him and does not even notice that sometimes she does not understand Olga's sadness |
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"Two faces" Oblomov | |||
Honesty, conscientiousness, kind-heartedness, meekness, striving for ideals, daydreaming, "heart of gold" | Infantilism, lack of will, inability to act, lethargy, slowness, "Russian laziness" |
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criteria | upbringing | the purpose of life | activities | attitude to a woman | family life | vital position |
Oblomov. | "I am a master, and I do not know how to do anything." Oblomovka is the ideal of life. Love and affection of relatives. | "the poetic ideal of life;" the goal was - "all life is thought and work"; Now: "What is my goal? There is none." There is no lofty goal. | Drawing up a plan for rebuilding the estate; "volcanic work of an ardent head"; "not used to the movement." | "was not their slave, worshiped from afar ";" recognized her power and rights "; mother woman and never a mistress. | wife, children, good fellows sit down, chores are in dreams; "he has nowhere else to go, nothing to look for, the ideal of his life has come true, although without poetry "- life with Pshenitsyna. | "... the soul is not torn, the mind sleeps peacefully." |
Stolz. | "labor, practical education"; "there is no one to bless"; possibility Determine your own way of life on your own. | "work is the goal of life"; Stolz's life with Oblomov's point of view: "daily empty shuffle days. " There is no lofty goal. | "He has no unnecessary movements it was ";" I was going to sit on Oblomov's wide sofa and take away and calm down an anxious or tired soul ... "empty vanity, in the end -" as if he lived a second time. " | "Life itself and work is the goal of life, not a woman"; "he is not good - bodies of impetuous passion, as Oblomov did not want it ";" he dreamed of a creator mother ";" was not a slave, did not experience fiery joys. " | "silence has come, the impulses also subsided "; "everything is as dreamed and Oblomov. " | "we are not titans ... we will not go to daring struggle with rebellious questions, we will not accept their challenge, we bow our heads and We will humbly survive the difficult moment. " |
Output. | Antipode. | Double. | Double in pain Shey degree. | Double. | Double. | Double. |
Answer to problematic issue. | "Stolz at the high stage of his active life turned out to be the same Oblomov ..." (Ya.I. Kuleshov.) |
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Research lesson summary
"Oblomov and Stolz (based on the novel by I.A. Goncharov" Oblomov ")"
(2 hours)
Goals:
1. Educational:check and evaluate performance homework; analyze the image of Oblomov; analyze the image of Stolz; choose criteria for character matching; draw conclusions and formulate them in a small written work.
2. Developing: develop the skill of working with artistic text; develop character analysis skill artwork; improve the skill of the steam room and independent work; improve the logical and creative thinking of students; create a psychologically comfortable environment in the lesson.
3. Educational:continue to instill a sense of respect for 19th century Russian literature; bring up respect to the creative heritage of Russian literature; develop the ability to listen and hear each other.
Form of work: research lesson, conversation, analysis of literary text.
Teaching methods:euretic, explanatory and illustrative.
Lesson type: combined.
Literary concepts: the main character, character, portrait, speech, interior, comparative characteristics.
Interdisciplinary connections:history, music.
Equipment: portrait of I.A. Goncharova, illustrations for the novel "Oblomov", projector, screen, handouts, presentation in MS.ppt format.
During the classes:
1. Greetings. Goal setting.
Teacher's word: Our today's lesson will be devoted to two characters in the novel by I.A. Goncharova "Oblomov" is Ilya Ilyich himself and his childhood friend Andrei Stolts. Let's think together and decide what we need to explore in today's lesson. After all, it is declared as a lesson-research.
Student responses:We must analyze the images of Oblomov and Stolz, choose criteria for comparing them, and draw a conclusion.
Teacher's word: Well done! In addition, at the end of our lesson, we will write down the resulting conclusions and try to supplement them ourselves as part of a little independent work.
2. Motivation.
Teacher's word: One of the components of the characteristics literary hero are his relationships with other characters, which helps in many ways to understand this hero. We have already dealt with the characterization of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov in previous lessons, casually touching on the image of another character - Andrei Stolts. To continue working on compiling Oblomov's characteristics, we must correlate the names actors a novel with the philosophical concepts of "interconnection", "essential connections", "insignificant connections". ( Annex 1. ) To do this, first remember what these concepts mean.
Student responses:Interrelation is the interconnection of objects, phenomena, etc. with each other, their dependence on each other.
Essential ties are those ties that are most significant in a relationship between someone or something.
Insignificant connections are those connections that do not play any role in revealing the character of a character.
Teacher's word: Next, you will need to determine what connections between the characters in the novel by I.A. Goncharov's "Oblomov" will be significant and which will not. In our notebooks we draw a diagram. The work is a pair. When answering, you will need to substantiate your opinion.
(The students work with the scheme, as a result, they come to the conclusion that among the characters presented, only Olga and Andrei have a significant connection with Oblomov, since it was Ilyinskaya and Stolz who could change Oblomov's lifestyle.)
Teacher's word: Do you think Oblomov himself is ready to change his life? Prove with text.
Student response: Yes, since the text contains a quote: "Give me your will and mind and lead me wherever you want. Maybe I'll follow you ..."
Teacher's word: In the lesson, we must analyze the relationship between Oblomov and Stolz. Let's formulate the problematic questions of the lesson.
Student responses : 1) Why didn't Andrey Stolz manage to change the lifestyle of Ilya Oblomov?
2) Andrey Stolts - the antipode or the double of Ilya Oblomov?
If students formulate only the first (problematic) question, the teacher helps with the formulation of the second question: this research question is more specific and helps to answer the problematic question of the lesson. Students write down the topic and questions of the lesson in a notebook.
3. Learning new material. Study. Group work.
Teacher's word: To answer the question "Is Andrei Stolts an antipode or a double of Ilya Oblomov?" we need to formulate the criteria by which we will compare or contrast the characters, and give the meaning of the words "antipode" and "double". Let's start by defining the terms. (Implementation of homework.)
Students' word: Antipodes - (Greek antipodes - facing feet to feet). 1. only plural. Inhabitants of two opposite points of the earth, two opposite ends of one of the diameters of the globe (geogr.). 2. to someone or someone to something. A person of opposite properties, tastes or beliefs (book). He is his perfect antipode or he is his perfect antipode.
A double is a person who has complete resemblance to another (both about a man and a woman).
Teacher's word: OK, thanks. Now let's turn to the criteria by which the writer Stolz and Oblomov are characterized, which you were able to identify while reading the text.
Student responses:Appearance (when they appeared before the reader), origin, upbringing, education, the program laid down, outlook on life, the author's characteristics, the test of love.
Teacher's word: It is by these criteria that we will characterize and compare the characters. Plus, I propose to add one more criterion to the table - "Two faces of Oblomov".
4. Work in groups (3 groups).
In accordance with these criteria for comparing heroes, students are given an assignment for research:
1) for each group, choose 2 criteria for comparing the heroes (if the children cannot do this themselves, the teacher himself distributes the tasks);
3) find material for comparison according to this criterion (write out quotations);
4) give an answer to the research question "Is Andrei Stolts an antipode or a double of Ilya Oblomov?";
5) formulate an answer to the problematic question of the lesson "Why did Andrey Stolz not manage to change the way of life of Ilya Oblomov ?;
6) arrange a worksheet.
5. Exchange of information.
After the research, the guys exchange information using worksheets (Appendix 2, Appendix 3.)
6. Summing up.
Teacher's word: We see that Andrei Stolts is Ilya Oblomov's double by most criteria. This will also be the reason why Andrei could not change the life of Ilya Oblomov.
7. Reflection. Assessment.
8. Assignment to the house.
A written answer to the question "Why did Olga prefer Stolz to Oblomom?"
Comparative characteristics I. I. Oblomov and Stolz
Oblomov Ilya Ilyich is the protagonist of the novel Oblomov. A landowner, a nobleman living in St. Petersburg. Leads a lazy lifestyle. He does nothing, only dreams and “decomposes” while lying on the couch. A prominent representative of Oblomovism.
Stolts Andrey Ivanovich - Oblomov's childhood friend. Half German, practical and active. The antipode of I. I. Oblomov.
Let's compare the heroes according to the following criteria:
Memories of childhood (including memories of parents).
I. I. Oblomov. From early childhood they did everything for him: “The nanny is waiting for his awakening. She pulls on his stockings; he is not given, plays naughty, dangles his legs; the nanny catches him. " “... She washes him, combs his head and leads him to his mother. Also, from childhood, he bathed in parental affection and care: “His mother showered him with passionate kisses ...” The nanny was everywhere, day and night, like a shadow following him, constant guardianship did not end for a second: “... all the days and nights of the nannies were filled with turmoil, running around: now by an attempt, now by living joy for the child, now by the fear that he will fall and break his nose ... ”.
Stolz. He spent his childhood in useful, but tedious studies: "From the age of eight he sat with his father at a geographical map ... and with his mother he read the sacred history, taught Krylov's fables ..." Mother was constantly worried about her son: "... she would have kept him near her." But his father was completely indifferent and cold-blooded to his son, and often "put his hand": "... and kicked him from behind so that he knocked him off his feet."
Attitude to study and work.
Oblomov. I went to school without much interest and desire, I hardly sat out in class, it was for Oblomov to overcome any book great success and joy. “Why all these notebooks ... paper, time and ink? Why study books? ... When to live? " Instantly became cold to one or another kind of activity, be it studies, books, hobbies. The same attitude was towards work: “… you study, you read that the time of disasters has come, the person is unhappy; here you are gathering strength, working, homozy, suffering terribly and working, everything is preparing clear days. "
Stolz. He studied and worked since childhood - the main concern and task of his father. Learning and books fascinated Stolz throughout his life. Labor is the meaning of human existence. "He served, retired, went about his business and actually made a house and money."
Attitude to mental activity.
Oblomov. Despite the lack of love for study and work, Oblomov was far from a stupid person. Some thoughts, pictures were constantly spinning in his nakedness, he was constantly making plans, but for completely incomprehensible reasons all this was put in the debt box. “As soon as he gets out of bed in the morning, after tea he will lie down immediately on the sofa, rest his head with his hand and think it over, sparing no effort, until, finally, his head gets tired ..”
Stolz. Realist to the core. Skeptic in life and in thought. "He was afraid of any dream or, if he entered its area, he entered, as they enter a grotto with an inscription ..., knowing the hour or minute when you will come out of there."
Choice of life goals and ways to achieve them. (Including lifestyle.)
Oblomov. Life is monotonous, devoid of color, every day is similar to the previous one. His problems and concerns are breathtakingly ridiculous and ridiculous, even funnier he solves them, turning from side to side. The author justifies Oblomov with all his might, saying that he has many ideas and goals in his head, but none of them materializes.
Stolz. Skepticism and realism is evident in everything. “He walked firmly, briskly; lived on a budget, trying to spend every day like every ruble. " "And he himself went stubbornly along the chosen path."
The characters of the main characters in Goncharov's novel Oblomov are portrayed by the author exceptionally true and talented. If the artist's task is to snatch and capture the essence of life, inaccessible to the understanding of the layman, then the great Russian writer coped with it brilliantly. Its protagonist, for example, personifies a whole social phenomenon named in his honor “Oblomovism”. No less noteworthy is the phenomenal friendship between Oblomov and Stolz, two antipodes, who, it would seem, should have irreconcilably argue with each other or even despise each other, as is often the case in communication completely different people... However, Goncharov goes against stereotypes, tying the antagonists with a strong friendship. Throughout the novel, observing the relationship between Oblomov and Stolz is not only necessary, but also interesting for the reader. The clash of two life positions, two worldviews - this is the main conflict in Goncharov's novel Oblomov.
Differences between Oblomov and Stolz are easy to find. First, the appearance catches the eye: Ilya Ilyich is a burly gentleman with soft features, plump hands, and slow gestures. His favorite clothing is a spacious robe, which does not restrict movement, as it were, protects and warms a person. Stolz is fit and slender. Constant activity and business acumen characterize his practical nature, so his gestures are bold, and his reaction is quick. He is always dressed appropriately to spin in the light and make the right impression.
Secondly, they have a different upbringing. If little Ilyusha was cared for and cherished by parents, nannies and other inhabitants of Oblomovka (he grew up as a pampered boy), then Andrei was brought up in severity, his father taught him how to conduct business, leaving him to make his own way. Stolz, in the end, did not have enough parental affection, which he was looking for in his friend's house. Oblomov, on the contrary, was too kind, his parents pampered him: he is not fit either for the service or for the landowner's work (taking care of the estate and its profitability).
Thirdly, their attitude to life differs. Ilya Ilyich does not like vanity, does not spend efforts to please society, or at least to wedge himself into it. Many condemn him for laziness, but is it laziness? I think not: he is a nonconformist who is honest to himself and to the people around him. A nonconformist is a person who defends his right to behave differently from what is customary in his contemporary society. Oblomov had the courage and resilience to silently, calmly adhere to his position and go his own way, not exchanging for trifles. In his demeanor of self-conduct, a rich spiritual life is guessed, which he does not expose to the social showcase. Stolz lives in this window, because fiddling in a good society always benefits the businessman. We can say that Andrei had no other choice, because he is not a master, his father earned capital, but no one will leave villages to him by inheritance. He was taught from childhood that he must earn his own living, so Stolz adapted to the circumstances, developing hereditary qualities: perseverance, hard work, social activity. But if he is so successful by modern standards, why does Stolz need Oblomov? From his father, he inherited an obsession with affairs, the limitations of a practical person, which he felt, and therefore subconsciously reached for the spiritually rich Oblomov.
They were drawn to the opposite, feeling the lack of certain properties of nature, but could not learn from each other good qualities... None of them could make Olga Ilyinskaya happy: she felt dissatisfaction with both one and the other. Unfortunately, this is the truth of life: people rarely change in the name of love. Oblomov tried, but still remained true to his principles. Stolz, too, was only enough for courtship, and after that the routine of common life began. Thus, in love, the similarities between Oblomov and Stolz were manifested: they both failed to build happiness.
In these two images, Goncharov reflected the contradictory tendencies in the society of that time. The nobility is the mainstay of the state, but its individual representatives cannot take an active part in its fate, if only because it was trivial and petty for them. They are gradually being replaced by people who have gone through a harsh life school, more skillful and greedy Stolz. They do not have the spiritual component that is needed for any useful work in Russia. But apathetic landowners will not save the day either. Apparently, the author believed that the merger of these extremes, a kind of golden mean, is the only way to achieve the well-being of Russia. If we consider the novel from this angle, it turns out that the friendship between Oblomov and Stolz is a symbol of the unification of different social forces for a common goal.
Interesting? Keep it on your wall!Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov is a remarkable Russian realist writer. His work has firmly entered the classical literature of our country. The originality of it artistic world is, according to N.A. Dobrolyubov, in that he was able to embrace in his work the full image of the subject, sculpt, mince it.
The main idea of Goncharov in the novel "Oblomov"
In his novel, Ivan Alexandrovich condemns the noble inactivity. Oblomov's characterization in the novel "Oblomov" proves this, and soon you will be convinced of this. The author salutes the businesslike entrepreneurial class that was emerging at that time. For Goncharov, Oblomov's character is essential to his lordly pampering, as well as the inactivity resulting from it, the impotence of will and mind. The image of this hero under the hand of such an eminent master has resulted in a broad picture, in which the reader is presented with the pre-reform life of the country's local nobility. The work was written more than 100 years ago, but it still attracts attention to this day. This romance is definitely classic piece created by the beautiful Russian language.
Ilya Ilyich Oblomov
What is the characteristic of Oblomov in the novel Oblomov? After reading it, everyone probably wants to understand who is closer to him in spirit: Stolz or Ilya Ilyich. At first glance, Oblomov's characterization is devoid of attractiveness. In the novel, this hero appears as a man of not his first youth. He tried to serve in the past, but he left all activity and became unable to return to it. He does not want not only to do something, but even to be in society, go for a walk, get dressed, just get up from the couch. The serene state of this hero is disturbed only by visitors who come only with selfish ends to Oblomov. For example, Tarantyev simply steals from him, borrowing money and not returning it. Oblomov turns out to be a victim of his visitors in the work, since he cannot understand the true purpose of their visits. The only exception is Stolz, a friend of his youth, who comes to visit him in Oblomovka.
However, Oblomov's characterization is not so unequivocally negative. We will return to it later.
Andrey Ivanovich Stolts
Stolz is the opposite of this hero in the novel. Goncharov portrayed him as a "new man". From childhood, Stolz was brought up in harsh conditions, gradually getting used to the difficulties and hardships of life. He is a businessman, alien to both official careerism and laziness of the nobility, who is distinguished by such a level of culture and such activity, which at that time were not characteristic of the Russian merchants. Apparently, not knowing where to find such a person among the Russian business people, Goncharov decided to make his hero the offspring of a semi-German family. Stolz, nevertheless, was raised by a Russian mother, who was a noblewoman, and also studied at the capital's university. This hero believes that through the construction of highways, fairs, marinas, schools, patriarchal "scraps" will turn into income-generating comfortable estates.
Views on Oblomov's life
The characteristic of Oblomov is not only apathy marked. This hero is trying to "philosophize". Ilya Ilyich opposes the sincerity and kindness of the patriarchal life to the moral depravity of the representatives of the bureaucratic and noble society of the capital. He condemns him for striving for careerism, lack of serious interests, hidden by ostentatious courtesy of mutual hostility. In this respect, the author of the novel agrees with Ilya Ilyich. Oblomov's characterization is complemented by the fact that he is a romantic. This hero dreams mainly of quiet family happiness.
Stolz's attitude towards life
On the contrary, Stolz is the enemy of the "dream", of everything mysterious and enigmatic. However, he understands by "dream" not only rosy romance, but all kinds of idealism. The author, explaining the beliefs of this hero, writes that in his eyes that which is not subjected to the analysis of practical truth, experience, is an optical illusion or a fact to which the turn of experience has not yet reached.
The meaning of a love conflict in revealing the characters of the main characters
A comparative description of Oblomov and Stolz would be incomplete if we did not reveal the topic of the relationship of these heroes with Olga Ilyinskaya. Goncharov introduces his characters into a love conflict in order to experience them with life itself, which will show what each of them is worth. Therefore, the heroine of "Oblomova" was supposed to be an outstanding personality. In Olga Ilyinskaya, we will not find any secular coquetry, no lordly quirks, nothing mannered, with the intention of being made for success in life. This girl is distinguished by her beauty, as well as natural freedom of action, speech and look.
Both main characters created by Goncharov are defeated in a love relationship with this woman, each in its own way. And this reveals the inconsistency of the author's illusions in the assessment of both. Oblomov's "honest and loyal", "golden" heart suddenly turns into doubt along with his decency. Let us note that this hero, possessing "a heart as deep as a well," is shamefully disingenuous in front of the girl, referring to the fact that he "warned her" about his character. Olga understands that Ilya Ilyich "died a long time ago."
The consistent characterization of Oblomov and Stolz reveals more and more interesting details. Andrei Ivanovich appears again in the novel. He reappears in the work in order to take the place that Oblomov previously occupied. The characterization of the hero Stolz in his relationship with Olga reveals some important features in his image. Goncharov, showing his Parisian life with Ilyinskaya, wants to show the reader the breadth of views of his hero. In fact, he lowers it, since being interested in everything means nothing systematically, in depth, seriously not to get carried away. It means to learn everything from someone else's words, to take from someone else's hands. Stolz could hardly keep up with Olga in her languid haste of will and thought. Contrary to the will of the author, the story of the joint life of these two heroes, which was supposed to be praise for Stolz, in the end turned out to be a means of exposing him. Stolz at the end of the novel seems to be only a self-confident reasoner. The reader no longer believes this hero, who could not save his friend, give his beloved happiness. Stolz's complete collapse is saved only by the author's tendentiousness. After all, Goncharov ("Oblomov") was on his side. The characteristic of Oblomov, created by the writer, as well as the author's voice in the novel, allow us to judge this.
The weakness of both heroes and the classes they represent
In addition to his own desire, Goncharov was able to show that it was not only the Russian nobility that was degenerating. Not only Oblomov is weak. The characterization of Stolz's hero is also not devoid of this trait. Respectable entrepreneurs cannot historically become the successors of the nobility, since they are weak, limited and unable to take responsibility for solving the fundamental issues of the country's life.
The value of the image of Olga Ilyinskaya in Russian literature
So, the comparative characterization of Oblomov and Stolz shows that neither one nor the other can, each in its own way, evoke sympathy. But the heroine of the work, Olga Ilyinskaya, will become the prototype of the enlightened Russian woman. This prototype will later be found in the works of many classics of the 19th century.
Often a comparison between Ilya Ilyich and Andrei Ivanovich is presented as a table. The characteristic of Oblomov and Stolz, presented visually, helps to better remember information. Therefore, a comparative table in literature lessons as a type of work is often used at school. When deep analysis is required, it is better to refuse it. Namely, this was the task that stood at the creation of this article.
The novel "Oblomov" is one of the iconic works of the 19th century, covering many social and philosophical themes... An important role in disclosure ideological meaning the work plays an analysis of the ratio in the book of the two main male characters. In the novel "Oblomov", the characteristics of Oblomov and Stolz reflect their completely different natures, opposed by the author.
According to the plot of the work, the heroes are best friends from an early age, helping each other as much as possible even in adulthood: Stolz Oblomov - by solving many of his pressing problems, and Ilya Ilyich to Andrei Ivanovich - with pleasant conversations that allow Stolz to return peace of mind.
Portrait characteristics of heroes
Comparative characteristics of Oblomov and Stolz in Goncharov's novel Oblomov are given by the author himself and is most remarkable when comparing them portrait characteristics as well as characters. Ilya Ilyich is a soft, quiet, kind, dreamy, reflective goof who makes any decision at the behest of his heart, even if his mind leads the hero to the opposite conclusions. The appearance of the introverted Oblomov fully corresponds to his character - his movements are soft, lazy, round, and the image is characterized by excessive effeminacy, not typical for a man.
Stolz, both internally and externally, is completely different from Oblomov. The main thing in the life of Andrei Ivanovich is the rational grain, in all matters he relies only on reason, while the dictates of the heart, intuition and the sphere of feelings for the hero are not only something secondary, but are also inaccessible, incomprehensible to his rational reflections. Unlike Oblomov, "flabby beyond his years," Stolz seems to be made up of "bones, muscles and nerves." His life is a rapid race forward, an important attribute of which is the constant self-development of the individual and continuous work. The images of Oblomov and Stolz seem to be a mirror image of each other: active, extroverted, successful in society and in the career field, Stolz is contrasted with the lazy, apathetic, unwilling to communicate with anyone, let alone re-enter the service, Oblomov.
Differences in the upbringing of heroes
When comparing Ilya Oblomov and Andrei Stolz, as well as for a better understanding of the characters' images, it is important to briefly describe the atmosphere in which each of the characters grew up. Despite the "addictive", as if covering with a veil of half-sleep and laziness, Oblomovka's environment little Ilya was a cheerful, active and curious child, which at first is very similar to Stolz. He wanted to learn as much as possible about the world around him, but the excessive care of his parents, the "hothouse" upbringing, the inculcation of obsolete, obsolete and aimed at the ideals of the past, made the child a worthy successor of the traditions of "Oblomovism", the bearer of the "Oblomov" worldview - lazy, introverted, living in his own illusory world.
However, Stolz also did not grow the way he could have grown. At first glance, the combination in his upbringing of the strict approach of a German father and the tenderness of a noble mother of Russian origin would allow Andrei to become a harmonious, comprehensively developed personality. Nevertheless, as the author points out, Stolz grew "a cactus accustomed to drought." The young man lacked love, warmth and gentleness, since he was mainly raised by his father, who did not believe that a man needed to be instilled in sensitivity. However, Stolz's Russian roots until the end of his life were looking for this warmth, finding it in Oblomov, and then in the idea of Oblomovka, which he denied.
Education and career of heroes
The inconsistency of the characters of Stolz and Oblomov is already evident in teenage years when Andrei Ivanovich, trying to learn as much as possible about the world around him, tried to instill in Ilya Ilyich a love of books, ignite a flame in him that would make him strive forward. And Stolz succeeded, but for a very short time - as soon as Oblomov remained himself, the book became less important for him than, for example, a dream. Somehow, rather for his parents, Ilya Ilyich graduates from school, and then from university, where he was absolutely not interested, since the hero did not understand how mathematics and other sciences could be useful to him in life. Even a single failure in the service was the end of his career for him - it was too hard for the sensitive, soft Oblomov to rebuild under the strict rules of the capital world, far from the norms of life in Oblomovka.
Stolz, on the other hand, with his rational, active outlook on the world, is much easier to move up the career ladder, because any failure was more likely another incentive for him than a defeat. Andrei Ivanovich's continuous work, high efficiency, ability to please others made him useful person at any workplace and a pleasant guest in any society, and all thanks to the purposefulness laid down by his father and the continuous thirst for knowledge, which his parents developed in Stolz as a child.
Characteristics of Oblomov and Stolz as carriers of two opposite principles
In the critical literature, when comparing Oblomov and Stolz, it is widely believed that the characters are two opposites, two types of “superfluous” heroes who, in their “pure” form, cannot be found in real life, even though Oblomov is a realistic novel , and, therefore, the described images must be typical images. However, when analyzing the upbringing and formation of each of the characters, the reasons for Oblomov's apathy, laziness and dreaminess become clear, as well as excessive dryness, rationality, even a similarity with a certain Stolz mechanism.
Comparison of Stolz and Oblomov makes it possible to understand that both heroes are personalities not only typical of their time, but also tendentious images for any time. Oblomov is a typical son of wealthy parents, brought up in an atmosphere of love and heightened care, protected by his family from the need to work, decide something and actively act, because there will always be "Zakhar" who will do everything for him. Stolz, on the other hand, is a person who, from an early age, is accustomed to the need to work and work, while being deprived of love and care, which leads to a certain inner callousness of such a person, to a misunderstanding of the nature of feelings and emotional deprivation.
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