Sentimental Reformer Nikolai Karamzin Automatic translate

Ulyanovsk. In the homeland of Nikolai Karamzin, his poems were read all day.

The associative series arising in connection with the name of Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin is limited for many to the name of the fundamental work “History of the Russian State”. The 250th anniversary, widely celebrated in the Ulyanovsk region, is an excellent occasion to learn more about the great educator, historian and writer. His "Letters of a Russian Traveler" had a huge impact on the development of Russian literature. The revolutionary reforms initiated by him enriched the Russian language, made it possible to get rid of obsolete Church Slavonic vocabulary, introduce a lot of neologisms, and even such a now familiar letter “ё”. Despite the opposition of conservative writers, including Gabriel Derzhavin, Karamzin consistently upheld the need for overdue reforms. Beneficial changes made it possible to make the language more lively, everyday, modern.

Karamzin was also a revolutionary in his work. A consistent supporter of the style of European sentimentalism in his works, he paid special attention to the inner world, emotions, feelings of an ordinary person, in contrast to the writers of the older generation. Poetry, according to Karamzin, becomes for the author a guide to a more perfect world, saving from frustration and boredom of real life. His verses are devoid of pathos and refined metaphors, warm and cordial, finding a response in the soul of an ordinary person. The literary marathon, which took place on August 24 in the Ulyanovsk Regional Library, at which the actors of the local drama theater and city residents read verses of the famous fellow countryman, made it possible to touch this least known facet of his work. Karamzin’s poetry became fertile ground, which prepared the appearance and bright rise of such writers as Pushkin and Zhukovsky.

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