A Study Of The Images Of Businessmen In Russian Literature In The 19th Century

In the West,there have been descriptions of merchants in the literary texts since the ancient Greek times,and the footprints of merchants in the history of the development of Chinese literature are ancient ones,it can be said that the concern for businessmen and the shaping of the image of businessmen in the development of world literature has never been absent,the image of businessmen is undoubtedly an ancient literary motif.In 19 th century Russian literature,most of the progressive writers of the time were involved in the writing and creation of image of merchants,from Ivan Krylov’s fable the contractor and the cobbler to Tolstoj’s master and servant,the image of businessmen are active in the works of different writers in different times.In shaping the image of businessmen,Russian writers have always paid attention to the survival and development of human beings and the future of Russian society,it reveals the continuous exploration,reflection and revision of the Russian nation in the course of social history in powerful words.In this paper,the image of the merchants in Russian literature of the 19 th century is chosen as the main research object,and the image of the merchants are placed in the social background at that time to make a concrete analysis,an interpretation of the time connotation and cultural connotation contained in the image of merchants.The full text is divided into three chapters.The foreword part mainly elaborates the reason of choosing the topic,the research present situation as well as the merchant concept definition.The first chapter expounds the background of the formation of the image of the businessman in the 19 th century Russian literature writing,and analyzes it from the internal and external angles,the images of businessmen in the works of different writers have their general characteristics and their special connotations.In addition,the change of the merchant image of Russian literature in the 19 th century is also an important part of this chapter.The second chapter generalizes and summarizes the images of businessmen in Russian literature in the 19 th century,and makes a classified study,based on the merchant’s character and behavior,the merchant can be divided into three categories: ordinary people who are struggling in a difficult situation,destroyers who are indifferent to their feelings and greedy,and explorers who are ahead of the Times,and analyze and evaluate it.The third chapter explains the Cultural Connotation of the image of the merchant in the 19 th century Russian literature.The cultural connotation mainly manifests itself in the universal commercial cultural spirit and the Orthodox religious cultural inside information,these two factors condense on Russian businessmen and bring certain influence to Russia through them.The epilogue sums up the whole text and summarizes the literary significance of the image of the businessman,which mainly shows the advantages and disadvantages of the image of the businessman compared with the image sequence of other characters in Russian literature.