Kamil F. Ivan Turgenev's Novel 'Fathers and Sons' in Comparative Historical Research (XIX - XXth Centuries)

Abstract: The object of the research is Ivan Turgenev's novel 'Fathers and Sons' and literary critical articles, expressions and researches on the matter. The subject of the research is the main trends in studying Turgenev's novel 'Fathers and Sons' in comparative historical researches of the XIXth - XXth centuries. Ivan Turgenev's novel 'Fathers and Sons' is believed to be the peak of his creative work and thus become the target of temperamental discussions and criticism, both negative and positive. Despite the fact that critical reviews of the novel exceed the novel itself in volume, the novel is often associated with other foreign and Russian literary texts. Analyzing these comparisons, Kamil underlines that Ivan Turgenev wrote his novel being under the impression of other literary works that had left an unforgettable trace in the writer's mind. If we are to analyze most of these comparisons, we can see that the novel 'Fathers and Sons' is popular beyond all time limits. The researcher has used the historical functional method to analyze the comparisons of the novel 'Fathers and Sons' to other literary texts. Turgenev's novel 'Fathers and Sons' is being analyzed using the method of historical functional analysis of comparative researches written by different literary critics who have written about the novel. The researcher outlines differences in their opinions and moreover, focuses on the contribution of the novel 'Fathers and Sons' to the Russian and world literature. 

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