Beauty Of Nature And Purity Of Life

Nature plays an important role in the history of Russia and the life of Russians,thus as a literary theme it is favored by Russian writers.Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin is no exception.He was deeply influenced by traditional literature with a deep love for Nature and he spared no efforts to describe his ideal Russian nature.The commons Kuprin shares with other writers include the praises of everything in nature,taking the nature as a spiritual existence and a carrier of man's mood,and letting the nature be part of events.While the unique contribution of Kuprin lies in his acute observation of the damage and destroy of industrial civilization to human health and natural vitality at the time of capitalism where money became the standard of all and intellectuals got lost and suffered great spiritual pain.What's more,he finds the original vitality in Russian people and portrays a lot of pure,vigorous protagonists called "natural man" with characteristics of innocence,kindness,tenacity and goodness.In contrast,he shapes the images of "social man" in modern civilization to highlight the good natures of "natural man" and presents his exploration to find ways to solve current social problems.All above not only shows Kuprin's inheritance of traditional natural theme in Russian literature,but also echoes some ecological problems in the 20th century and further reflects Kuprin's foresight,which benefit from Russia's advantageous natural environment,traditional polytheism and social backgrounds.