Authors
- Poltavets Elena Yu. PhD (Philology)
Annotation
The article considers a topical, though still insufficiently studied issue of correlating the historiosophical and psychological meanings of «War and Peace» by Leo Tolstoy. In this regard, the focus is on the methods aimed at contrasting Andrei Bolkonsky with a number of historical characters, emperors. The leading method of this study was the comparative historical one, which made it possible to compare Prince Andrew with historical characters (emperors) and to reveal that they are evaluated according to the same moral criteria as fictional characters. The article proves that the author opposes Prince Andrew to the seven emperors in order to show the true greatness of man. The analysis presented in the article reveals the attitude of the author of «War and Peace» to historical personalities, bothfamous and illustrious. All seven emperors named in «War and Peace» are either depicted through the eyes of Andrei Bolkonsky or receive his assessment. The antithesis «Andrei Bolkonsky — the rulers known in world history» enables Tolstoy to develop the basic principles of his personal historiosophical concept.
How to link insert
Poltavets, E. Y. (2023). SEVEN EMPERORS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF TRUE GREATNESS IN LEO TOLSTOY’S «WAR AND PEACE» Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 2023, №2 (50), 7. https://doi.org/10.25688/2076-913X.2023.50.2.01
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