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- 2. Who is Pushkin?Poet Dramatist Short story writer Novelist Essayist critic
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- 6. Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova(Pushkina)
- 7. What is hefamous for? Eugene Onegin It is one of the classics of Russian literature and its hero served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes. The story is told by an idealised version of Pushkin, who often digresses from the story and while the plot of the novel is quite scant the book is more loved for the telling than what is told. Boris Godunov subject is the Russian ruler, Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar from 1598 to 1605. The drama consists of 25 scenes and is written predominantly in blank verse (type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme) “ Гаврилиада ” (“Saga of Gabriel” or literally “Gabriliad”) The Gavriiliada is a satiric description of the beginning of the New Testament, primarily making fun of virgin birth and God's ineptness “ The Gypsies” Ruslan and Lyudmila Written as an epic fairy tale tells the story of the abduction of Prince Vladimir of Kiev's daughter, Ludmila, by an evil spirit and the attempt by the brave knight Ruslan to find and rescue her.
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- 9. Pushkin’s Influence onthe Russian Language usually credited with developing literary Russian Not only is he seen as having originated the highly nuanced level of language which characterizes Russian literature after him, but he is also credited with substantially augmenting the Russian lexicon. His rich vocabulary and highly sensitive style are the foundation for modern literary Russian Where he found gaps in the Russian vocabulary, he devised calques
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- 11. I Loved You…I loved you; and perhaps I love you still, The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet It burns so quietly within my soul, No longer should you feel distressed by it. Silently and hopelessly I loved you, At times too jealous and at times too shy. God grant you find another who will love you As tenderly and truthfully as I.
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