2) improving analysis skills literary text by predicting plot fragments and comparing them with the author’s version, the development creativity, creativity; development of communicative competence;
3) appeal to moral family values; cultivating a sensitive attitude to love, the ability to experience and understand another person.
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Portrait of A.I. Kuprin
Video clip: Rachmaninov “Lilac”
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Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin was born in the small town of Narovchat, Penza province. | Yes |
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The neighboring towns, according to the Russian sassy habit, teased: “Narovchat, only the pegs are sticking out.” | Yes |
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Kuprin was raised by his father | No (Father died when Kuprin was about a year old; his childhood years were spent in Moscow in an orphanage) |
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Army service lasted a long time. Resigned at 35 years old. | No (Army service did not last long; he retired at 24) |
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He publishes his works in Moscow newspapers. | No (Collaborates in Kyiv newspapers) |
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During Civil War ends up abroad. | Yes |
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Since 1920 he has lived in Finland. | No (In Paris) |
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The cadet service suggested many plots, images, characters in Kuprin’s works. | Yes |
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“The Duel is my testament to Russian youth,” the writer said about the novel. | No (This is what is said about the novel “Junker”) |
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“The Lilac Bush” is an early work by Kuprin. | Yes |
So, today in lesson we will get acquainted with early work A.I. Kuprin - the story “The Lilac Bush”. Now we’ll watch a video clip, and you think about what associations arise when you hear the phrase “lilac bush.”
There is a note on the board: lilac bush.
What does this phrase tell you? What associations do you have? (Write associations on the board. It is expected that children will name associations: spring, warmth, sun, happiness, love)
Lilac - beautiful flower, which blooms in spring. Spring is the time of lovers. It can be assumed that lilac is the flower of lovers. In addition, lilac has 4 petals. In mythology, 4 is a symbol of the Universe. There is also a five-petalled lilac that brings happiness. And the topic of our lesson: “ Moral issues story "Lilac Bush". The idea of love and happiness in the family.”
Based on the title, guess what the story will be about. (Write assumptions on the board).
The topic of our lesson: “Moral problems of the story “The Lilac Bush.” The idea of love and happiness in the family.”
So, the story of A.I. Kuprin “The Lilac Bush”
(First part - listening to the audio recording)
Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov barely waited until his wife opened the door for him, and, without taking off his coat, walked into his office in his cap...
Throughout the conversation, he pulled out an ashtray from the ashtray in front of him.
burnt matches and broke them into small pieces, and when he fell silent, he
he threw them to the floor in anger. It was obvious that this to a strong man I want to cry.
How can you title this part of the story? (“Grief”) Why?
Did your expectations come true?
What was unexpected?
What can you say about the heroes?
What events could happen next in the described situation?
What event is the beginning of the story?
(Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov returns home in a very bad mood. When his wife saw him, she immediately realized that a great misfortune had happened)
Will we immediately find out what happened to Nikolai Evgrafovich?
Who helped him overcome all the “obstacles”?
(Nikolai Evgrafovich was helped by his wife Verochka. Verochka did not let him lose heart, denied herself everything necessary, was a copyist, draftsman, reader, tutor and memory book.)
How does Vera behave when she sees Almazov’s frowning face?
(She realized at that very moment that a great misfortune had happened and silently followed her husband)
(Almazov walked into his office without taking off his coat and cap, let go of his briefcase, threw himself into a chair...)
Does Verochka sympathize with him?
(She loves her husband and is truly worried about him. She spoke first and wrapped her arm around Almazov’s neck)
What did she manage to achieve?
(Thanks to Verochka’s patience and affection, Almazov calmed down a little and told his wife what had upset him so much.)
What does the hero look like in this situation? Does he evoke our sympathy?
(I really feel sorry for Almazov. He is taking exams at the academy for the third time, overcoming obstacles with hard work, drawing at night, and accidentally making a stain.)
Did Nikolai Evgrafovich manage to submit his work?
(No. The old professor, who knew the area very well, said that the bushes shown on the map do not exist in nature.)
How did the heroes' dispute end?
(The professor demanded that Almazov go with him to the area and show these bushes.)
Does the author sympathize with Nikolai Evgrafovich?
(Second part - teacher reading)
How can you title this part of the story? (“Hope”) Why?
How do the characters react to current events, what decisions do they make?
What expectations were confirmed?
What was unexpected?
How do you think this story will end? How would you end it?
Which of the heroes broke the heavy silence?
(Verochka, jumping up energetically from her chair, told her husband that they must leave immediately.)
How did Nikolai Evgrafovich react to this?
(Almazov thought that she was inviting him to apologize to the professor. “This means directly signing a sentence on yourself. Please don’t do anything stupid.”)
What did Verochka really come up with?
(She decided to plant the bushes in the place where Almazov depicted them on the plan.)
How do you feel about this decision of the heroine?
(This is a very witty way out of this situation. Vera here is similar to the heroines of Russian fairy tales who rescued their husbands in difficult moments of life, helping them complete impossible tasks)
How does Verochka behave after making a decision?
(She becomes active and energetic, stamps her foot, commands her husband, looks for jewelry)
Where do the heroes go?
(They go to a pawnshop - an institution for issuing loans secured by some property, so that by pawning their jewelry they can get at least some money)
Another, admittedly episodic, but striking hero appears in the story. Who is he? What does the author say about him? (Appraiser. It is clear that he is accustomed to the daily spectacles of human misfortune, methodically and for a long time examines the brought things, answers with an air of tired indifference, closing his eyes.)
Tensions rise when the Almazovs go to the gardener. How does the author emphasize this? (I was very surprised and not happy with what happened, I refused to send workers to such a distance at night)
How does Verochka save the situation? (She tells in detail the whole story with the stain)
How does the author show changes in the gardener's attitude towards customers? (He listens to Vera at first incredulously, almost hostilely, but, having learned about the desire to plant a bush, he becomes more attentive and smiles sympathetically several times)
(The third part - independent reading by students. Textbook, page 73)
How can you title this part story? (“Happiness”) Why?
Why did the heroes decide to plant a lilac bush? (“Of all the breeds that the gardener had, not one turned out to be suitable: willy-nilly, I had to settle on lilac bushes”)
Why do you think Verochka, having agreed with the gardener, went not home, but out of town with her husband? (The devoted and loving Verochka cannot calm down until she completes the job.)
What happened the next day? (Verochka could not sit at home and went out to meet her husband on the street. From her husband’s gait and his beaming face, she realized that the story ended happily.)
We meet with the professor again and Almazov talks about him again. How did Nikolai Evgrafovich’s attitude towards his examiner change? (He is one of the best professors here. It’s a pity that I deceived him)
Why does Vera make her husband repeat again and again how he talked to the professor, interested in the smallest details? (They truly love each other and have been through a lot of hardships together)
Why did Verochka say that lilac would now be her favorite flower? (Life events similar to what the Almazovs experienced are usually remembered for a long time. Love helped them find a way out of a difficult situation, and lilacs will always remind them of this.)
What will happen to the characters after the events of the story?
What associations do the names and surnames of the characters evoke in you? (Vera - believe. There is only one surname in the story, Almazov. Diamond is an unpolished gem. It can be assumed that by giving his heroes such a surname, Kuprin emphasizes that, in essence, they are very good people possessing rare spiritual qualities, including the ability to love. And overcoming life difficulties“polishes” their characters and relationships to a “diamond shine”).
What is the most important thing about a diamond for a poet? (Guardian of eternal purity, this purity also exists in the Almazovs’ relationships.)
Let's look at your recorded associations and assumptions. What expectations were confirmed? What was unexpected?
What did not leave you indifferent in the relationship between the two lovers? (The ability to penetrate the soul of a loved one, the desire to make another happy.)
What would you like to transfer to your future relationships with young people and girls?
Stage III “Reflection” Technique “Sinquain”
What is the meaning of the story's title? (The lilac bush has become a favorite flower for the heroes, because it will constantly remind them of what happened. Life events like what the Almazovs experienced are usually remembered for a long time. Love helped them find a way out of a difficult situation, and lilac will always remind them of this .)
What thoughts did the story prompt? What do you agree with and what, perhaps, do you disagree with the author? Maybe you'd like to argue?
Now let's be creative - write a syncwine on the topic of our lesson. What words can be used for the first line? (Vera, Almazov, Lilac Bush, Happiness). Rules for writing a syncwine on a slide. I am announcing a competition for the best syncwine. Group task. For those who wish, they can do this individually.
(Listening to syncwines)
Homework
In the next lesson, we will continue our conversation with you about happiness, so I ask you to draw at home how you imagine happiness and write an essay-reasoning “Is Vera Almazova happy?”
Despite its small volume, the work “Lilac Bush” is very heartfelt, the author is A. I. Kuprin. The story was written in 1894, and in the same year, in the fall, it was published in the magazine “Life and Art”. The story quickly fell in love with readers and earned a lot of positive reviews.
The topic could be love and relationships in the family, what a wife is willing to do for the sake of her beloved husband.
The idea is to show selfless and sacrificial love, to reveal family relationships. Two main characters appear before the reader, these are the spouses Verochka and Nikolai. The author shows that Verochka is ready to do anything for her husband. She doesn't sleep all night, and is ready to give away all the precious things, she is very good at supporting her husband morally, and she does everything because she loves him. In his story, the author touched on the problem to some extent unequal marriage, Nikolai Almazov is a weak-willed hero, while Vera, on the contrary, is a very strong, wise woman who is ready to do anything for her husband.
Read the summary of the story Lilac Bush by Kuprin
Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov, one of the main characters of the story, comes home to his wife, and barely waiting for her to open the door, he quickly goes to his office. The wife immediately knew from her husband’s face when something was wrong with him, and this time seeing his stern and frowning face, she realized that something was wrong.
She followed Nikolai into his office. Almazov, in turn, was an ordinary poor young officer. He was currently studying at the Academy General Staff, and on this ill-fated day I had just returned from the exam. Today Almazov handed over his last completed work to the professor, and this work was very important and contained surveying of the area. Before this, there were other exams that were very difficult for Nikolai, and only his wife knew how much he suffered and tried to pass everything.
Yes, if we take only the admission itself, then only in the third year of attempts did Almazov manage to enroll. All this time, his wife was next to him and supported him, perhaps if not for her support, Nikolai would have given up long ago and given up. Vera constantly tried in every possible way to help her husband and cheer him up. She even taught herself not to be upset by failures and to always smile. Verochka was ready to give up everything she wanted, or to create comfortable conditions for her beloved husband, because she understood perfectly well that he was busy with his work. She even helped him in every possible way with his work and studies, being his tutor, book reader, copyist and draftsman.
The couple sat in silence for about five minutes until Vera was the first to speak. She asked what happened to the job, whether she was accepted, and wanted her husband to tell her everything. Nikolai reacted sharply and in a nervous voice told his wife that they had not accepted the job. Almazov was very angry because his job was not accepted because of the stain.
At first Vera did not understand what had happened, after which her husband told her how he had been working late in the evening and was very tired. The plan turned out to be very good and neat, but at the very end Nikolai’s hands began to shake and he put a stain on the paper. I tried to clean it, but I smeared it even more. Nikolai decided to draw trees in that place, and in the end everything turned out very well. During the inspection, the professor noticed the presence of bushes and began to ask where they were from in the drawing. So an argument ensued, as a result the professor was ready to go to that area to make sure that there were no bushes there.
Verochka was probably even more upset than her husband. She thought about how to help him.
As a result, the wife goes to the pawnshop and hands over all the jewelry that she found in her possession. She wanted to use the money she received to buy vegetation and plant it in that place. Arriving at the gardener, they start a conversation and the gardener recommends buying a lilac bush. The couple, after listening to the man, buy a lilac bush and go to that area to plant vegetation there. The next day, the husband had to go back to hand in his work. Vera was very worried and waited for her husband. In the end, it turned out this way: the professor, who arrived at the place where the bush actually was, was very surprised and apologized. After that, he gave the go-ahead for this area plan. This incident brought the couple closer and made them happy, because it turned out the way they wanted. Now lilac will truly become their favorite tree.
A young and poor officer named “Almazov” came home from a speech at the Academy of General. headquarters and sat down in his office without taking off his clothes. The wife immediately realized that something bad had happened. On this day, Nikolai defended his instrumental photography of the area to the professor. Nikolai Almazov was offendedly silent, but because of his wife’s demands, he told his situation.
Last night, when Nikolai was finishing up working on the project, he made a huge spot with ink. He wanted to clean it up, but it only made things worse. He couldn’t think of anything better than to draw a bunch of trees in place of the spot. The scientist to whom Almazov handed over the work, of course, noticed this. Almazov wanted to argue, but the professor didn’t even want to hear that there were some trees there. The wife came up with a brilliant plan. They took all the jewelry from the house and then went to the jewelry buyer. There they handed over a diamond ring and a bent bracelet, receiving 23 rubles for it.
Surprisingly, the diamond ring cost only 3 rubles, and the old bracelet was valued at much more. Then they went to the gardener, it was already late, the gardener did not even agree to sell anything, but when Almazov’s wife told this story, he sold them lilac bushes, and then they planted them in the desired area. The next day, when Nikolai went to the professor to prove he was right, the wife simply could not wait for her husband at home. She went out to meet him from work. From a distance, it was clear from his gait that everything went well. They hugged, held hands and went home in joy.
So lilac became the favorite flower of Nikolai Almazov’s wife. This work teaches us that close people will often help us in difficult situations, that such people should be greatly appreciated, because without them we cannot cope with this difficult life. The main thing in this life is support loved one, they are the most important thing we have.
Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov barely waited until his wife opened the door for him, and, without taking off his coat, walked into his office in his cap. The wife, as soon as she saw his frowning face with knitted eyebrows and nervously bitten lower lip, at that very moment I realized that a very great misfortune had happened... She silently followed her husband. In the office, Almazov stood in one place for a minute, looking somewhere in the corner. Then he let go of the briefcase, which fell to the floor and opened, and he threw himself into a chair, angrily crunching his fingers together... Almazov, a young, poor officer, attended lectures at the Academy of the General Staff and has now just returned from there. Today he presented the professor with the last and most difficult practical work— instrumental shooting of the area... Until now, all the exams had passed successfully, and only God and Almazov’s wife knew what terrible work they had cost... To begin with, even entering the academy seemed impossible at first. For two years in a row, Almazov triumphantly failed, and only on the third year did he overcome all obstacles through hard work. If it weren’t for his wife, he, perhaps, not finding enough energy in himself, would have given up on everything. But Verochka did not let him lose heart and constantly kept him cheerful... She learned to meet every failure with a clear, almost cheerful face. She denied herself everything necessary in order to create comfort for her husband, although cheap, but still necessary for a person busy with heavy work. She was, as needed, his copyist, draftsman, reader, tutor and memory book. Five minutes of heavy silence passed, sadly broken by the lame sound of the alarm clock, long familiar and boring: one, two, three, three: two clean blows, the third with a hoarse interruption. Almazov sat without taking off his coat and hat and turned away to the side... Vera stood two steps away from him, just as silently, with suffering on her beautiful, nervous face. Finally, she spoke first, with the caution with which only women speak at the bedside of a loved one who is seriously ill... - Kolya, how is your work?.. Is it bad? He shrugged his shoulders and did not answer. - Kolya, was your plan rejected? Just tell me, we’ll discuss it together anyway. Almazov quickly turned to his wife and spoke hotly and irritably, as they usually say, expressing a long-restrained insult. - Well, yes, well, yes, they rejected it, if you really want to know. Can't you see it yourself? Everything has gone to hell!.. All this rubbish,” and he angrily poked the briefcase with the drawings with his foot, “at least throw all this rubbish in the oven now!” Here's the academy for you! A month later he returned to the regiment, and with disgrace and misfortune. And this is because of some nasty stain... Oh, damn! - What stain, Kolya? I do not understand anything. She sat down on the arm of the chair and wrapped her arm around Almazov’s neck. He did not resist, but continued to look into the corner with an offended expression. - What kind of stain, Kolya? - she asked again. - Oh, well, an ordinary stain, with green paint. You know, I didn’t go to bed until three o’clock yesterday, I had to finish. The plan is beautifully drawn and illuminated. That's what everyone says. Well, I sat too long yesterday, I was tired, my hands started to tremble - and I planted a stain... Moreover, such a thick stain... greasy. I started cleaning it up and smeared it even more. I thought and thought about what to make of it now, and I decided to depict a bunch of trees in that place... It turned out very well, and it’s impossible to make out that there was a stain. I'll bring it to the professor today. “Yes, yes, yes. Where did you get the bushes here, lieutenant?” I would have to tell you exactly how it all happened. Well, maybe he would just laugh... However, no, he won’t laugh, such a neat German, a pedant. I tell him: “There really are bushes growing here.” And he says: “No, I know this area like the back of my hand, and there can’t be any bushes here.” Word for word, he and I started having a big conversation. And there were still many of our officers. “If you say so, he says that there are bushes on this saddle, then please go there with me on horseback tomorrow... I will prove to you that you either worked carelessly, or drew directly from the three-verst map...” - But why does he say so confidently that there are no bushes there? - Oh, Lord, why? What, by God, childish questions are you asking? Yes, because for twenty years now he has known this area better than his bedroom. The ugliest pedant there is in the world, and a German to boot... Well, in the end it will turn out that I'm lying and getting into an argument... Besides... Throughout the conversation, he pulled out burnt matches from the ashtray in front of him and broke them into small pieces, and when he fell silent, he angrily threw them on the floor. It was clear that this strong man wanted to cry. The husband and wife sat for a long time in heavy thought, without uttering a word. But suddenly Verochka jumped up from her chair with an energetic movement. - Listen, Kolya, we have to leave right now! Get dressed quickly. Nikolai Evgrafovich wrinkled all over, as if from unbearable physical pain. - Oh, don’t talk nonsense, Vera. Do you really think I’m going to go make excuses and apologize? This means directly signing a sentence on yourself. Please don't do anything stupid. “No, it’s not nonsense,” Vera objected, stamping her foot. - No one is forcing you to go with an apology... But it’s just that if there are no such stupid bushes there, then they need to be planted right now. “Plant?.. Bushes?..” Nikolai Evgrafovich widened his eyes. - Yes, plant it. If you’ve already told a lie, you need to correct it. Get ready, give me a hat... A blouse... You're not looking here, look in the closet... An umbrella! While Almazov, who tried to object but was not listened to, was looking for a hat and blouse, Vera quickly pulled out the drawers of tables and chests of drawers, pulled out baskets and boxes, opened them and scattered them on the floor. - Earrings... Well, they're nothing... They won't give anything for them... But this ring with a solitaire is expensive... We must definitely buy it back... It would be a pity if it disappeared. The bracelet... they will also give you very little. Antique and bent... Where is your silver cigarette case, Kolya? Five minutes later, all the jewelry was placed in the reticule. Vera, already dressed, last time I looked around to make sure that nothing had been forgotten at home. “We’re going,” she finally said decisively. - But where are we going? - Almazov tried to protest. “Now it will get dark, and my site is almost ten miles away.” - Nonsense... Let's go! First of all, the Almazovs stopped at a pawnshop. It was obvious that the appraiser had been so accustomed to the daily spectacles of human misfortune for so long that they did not touch him at all. He examined the brought things so methodically and for a long time that Verochka was beginning to lose her temper. He especially offended her by testing the diamond ring with acid and, after weighing it, valued it at three rubles. “But this is a real diamond,” Vera was indignant, “it costs thirty-seven rubles, and only for the occasion.” The appraiser closed his eyes with an air of tired indifference. - It’s all the same to us, madam. “We don’t accept stones at all,” he said, throwing them onto the scales. next thing, - we evaluate only metals, sir. But the old and bent bracelet, quite unexpectedly for Vera, was valued very highly. In total, however, there were about twenty-three rubles. This amount was more than enough. When the Almazovs arrived at the gardener’s, the white St. Petersburg night had already spread across the sky and in the air like blue milk. The gardener, a Czech, a little old man in gold glasses, had just sat down with his family for dinner. He was very surprised and dissatisfied with the late appearance of the customers and their unusual request. He probably suspected some kind of hoax and answered Verochka’s persistent requests very dryly: - Sorry. But I can’t send workers that far at night. If you wish tomorrow morning, I am at your service. Then there was only one remedy left: to tell the gardener in detail the whole story of the ill-fated spot, and Verochka did just that. The gardener listened at first incredulously, almost hostilely, but when Vera got to the point where she had the idea of planting a bush, he became more attentive and smiled sympathetically several times. “Well, there’s nothing to do,” the gardener agreed when Vera finished telling her story, “tell me, what bushes can you plant?” However, of all the species that the gardener had, not one turned out to be suitable: willy-nilly, he had to settle on lilac bushes. In vain Almazov tried to persuade his wife to go home. She and her husband went out of town, all the time while the bushes were being planted, she fussed hotly and disturbed the workers, and only then agreed to go home when she was convinced that the turf around the bushes was completely indistinguishable from the grass that covered the entire saddle. The next day, Vera could not sit at home and went out to meet her husband on the street. From afar, just by her lively and slightly bouncing gait, she learned that the story with the bushes had ended happily... Indeed, Almazov was covered in dust and could barely stand on his feet from fatigue and hunger, but his face shone with the triumph of his victory. - Fine! Wonderful! - he shouted ten steps further in response to the alarmed expression on his wife’s face. “Imagine, he and I arrived at these bushes.” He looked at them, looked, and even tore off a leaf and chewed it. “What kind of tree is this?” - asks. I say: “I don’t know, yours.” - “A birch tree, it must be?” - speaks. I answer: “It must be a birch tree, yours.” Then he turned to me and even extended his hand. “Excuse me,” he says, “Lieutenant.” I must be starting to get old if I forgot about these bushes.” He's a nice professor, and such a smart guy. Really, I'm sorry that I deceived him. One of the best professors we have. The knowledge is simply monstrous. And what speed and accuracy in assessing the terrain - amazing! But what he told was not enough for Vera. She forced him to convey to her in detail the entire conversation with the professor again and again. She was interested in the smallest details: what was the expression on the professor’s face, in what tone he spoke about his old age, how Kolya himself felt at the same time... And they walked home as if there was no one else on the street except them: holding hands and laughing incessantly. Passers-by stopped in bewilderment to take another look at this strange couple... Nikolai Evgrafovich had never dined with such appetite as on that day... After lunch, when Vera brought a glass of tea to Almazov’s office, husband and wife suddenly laughed at the same time and looked at each other. - What are you doing? - Vera asked.- Why are you? - No, you speak first, and I will later. - Yes, that’s nonsense. I remembered this whole story with lilacs. And you? - Me too, nonsense, and also about lilacs. I wanted to say that lilac will now forever be my favorite flower...For the creativity of A.I. Kuprin characteristically Special attention to the concept of love. What is true love? What is it like? This same story is dedicated to one of the types of love - between husband and wife. Therefore, it seems to give the reader the opportunity to think about what family relationships can be called deep, sincere, and what they are based on.
“The Lilac Bush” - a story by A.I. Kuprin, written in 1894 and published in October of the same year in the magazine “Life and Art”. It refers to the author's early prose. This writer's attempt at writing is characterized by a large thematic variety and a humane, sensitive attitude towards the characters.
The work immediately caught the fancy of reviewers and ordinary readers. It can be said to have made the author's name in literary world. Not surprising, since the writer began his career creative path from a description of human virtues. Only then did he begin active journalistic activity, which led him to the social bottom. The plots of that period no longer delighted the public, but confused them.
Meaning of the name
Why did Kuprin title his story that way? The image of lilac appears more than once in Russian literature and, in particular, in prose. So, in " Spring Waters» I.S. Turgenev's lilac symbolizes emerging love and at the same time separation, just as in the novel by I.A. Goncharov’s “Oblomov” with a branch of lilac is associated with the beginning of the relationship between Oblomov and Olga, and the same image correlates with the separation.
In the story by A.I. Kuprin's image of lilac is also associated with love theme: it symbolizes true marital affection and love, sincere participation and mutual assistance, which is main problem, the semantic center of the work. In addition, this bush means the beginning of spring, and in the context of the work it indicates that the spouses have not grown cold towards each other, on the contrary, a wonderful time has opened in their relationship, where mutual warmth enlivens everything around.
Genre and direction
Story by A.I. Kuprin's "Lilac Bush" refers to the method and direction of realism. Kuprin is one of the most famous representatives this direction in Russian literature. His works are very bright and detailed descriptions everyday life (daily conversations, events), filled with a feeling of the author-narrator’s living participation in them.
The story, as a rule, depicts one or more events in the life of the hero or heroes; one stands out story line- these features are characteristic of the work “The Lilac Bush”, and therefore, we can define it as a story (the plot is built around how Vera and Nikolai Evgrafovich solve the problem successful completion exam).
Composition
Compositionally, the work can be divided into three parts:
- Nikolai Evrgafovich’s return from work and message to his wife about failure;
- Verochka's energetic help to her husband - every effort to rectify the situation;
- Happy ending - Vera meets Almazov again, and he tells her the good news of success.
This composition is called a mirror composition: both at the beginning and at the end of the story, Vera’s husband returns with news from work.
About what?
The story “The Lilac Bush” is about marital love. This theme is revealed in the relationship between Vera and Nikolai Evgrafovich. So, Verochka takes an active part in everything that happens in her husband’s life. She constantly supports him, denies herself everything, even the necessary, for the sake of his success. So, a woman pawns her jewelry to get money for a gardener who could plant bushes so that her husband can pass the exam. The fact is that he accidentally put a blot on the drawing, and instead of it, so as not to redo it, he drew a bush. The professor got angry and didn’t take the paper in because he knew the area by heart. But the heroine planted a lilac in that place, and the embarrassed teacher, seeing it, changed the grade. At the end of the story, the happy spouses laugh and share their joy and mutual love with each other. In this short episode, revealing the essence of the story “The Lilac Bush,” the writer showed a recipe for getting rid of life problems. Alone, a person has a hard time, he loses faith in himself, but in marriage he gains not only emotional attachment, but also a faithful ally in the person of his lover or beloved. The main thing is to learn how to put common interests above personal ones.
The other side of the story is the theme life values. For Verochka and her husband this is love, prosperity, mutual understanding. Professor Nikolai Evgrafovich, for example, is shown as a person who devoted himself all his life to his favorite work.
The main characters and their characteristics
- Nikolay Evgrafovich Almazov- a young, poor officer who only entered the General Staff Academy on his third try. All the exams were very difficult for him and cost a lot of work. He is described as a strong man, but bad luck last exam It hit his self-control very hard, and he was so upset that he almost wanted to cry from resentment. IN Hard time he listens to his wife, does not resist her desire to help, and carries out her short orders.
- His wife supported him in everything Verochka capable of deep sympathy, able to take on the role of head of the family in difficult times, resolve a difficult situation, and become a peacemaker.
So, she addressed her husband very carefully and affectionately, her quick decisive actions were caused by sincere concern state of mind spouse, his possible future failure.
Themes
The main themes of the story, closely related to each other, are: love and happiness. What's happened real love? Is this where happiness lies? True feeling is based on mutual trust, on the ability to self-sacrifice for the sake of a loved one, on the ability to understand the pain and joy of a loved one, and in its possession there can be real happiness, spiritual and elevating the personality. That is why we can call Vera happy: she is capable of such deep love, and her husband values her as much as she values him.
The story gives brief descriptions details of everyday life, the environment in which the action itself takes place, and sketches of nature convey a special feeling at one time or another, such as, for example, the silence and beauty of late evening:
When the Almazovs arrived at the gardener’s, the white St. Petersburg night had already spread across the sky and in the air like blue milk.
This state of evening peace also continues because at this time people are already returning home to their family.
The gardener, a Czech, a little old man in gold glasses, had just sat down with his family for dinner.
Problems
The work raises, first of all, the problem of love and the related problem of happiness. In particular, this is the difficulty of true, sacrificial love, and the ability to sincere participation and sympathy. This is both the main character’s lack of fortitude and the difficult task on Vera’s shoulders - to take on the role of the main character and resolve difficult situation when a loved one is at a loss.
One way or another, the problems of the work are connected with moral categories love relationship between people. What properties does true love have, and how does it manifest itself? Is it capable of making a person truly happy and spiritually free in his happiness? Moral problems also affected Vera's husband when he realized his deception and realized that he had not acted very well towards the professor.
Meaning
The main idea of the work is that deep affection, mutual love, trust and respect of spouses are built on the ability to sacrifice oneself for the sake of a loved one, to support, sympathize - to be close. A life of harmony can only arise if both people treat each other very carefully and with love. It is this kind of marriage that can make a wife and husband happy, elevating them above routine and everyday life.
I wonder what the main idea Kuprina focuses on the role of a woman in marriage. The weather in the house largely depends on it. If she had not shown proper understanding and had only attacked her husband for his lack of attentiveness, then Nikolai would have broken down completely, and the family would have turned into mutual torture. But the support, sympathy and love of Vera, who sacrifices her interests for the good of her husband, saved the situation and rescued the hero, who is again ready to conquer the granite cliffs of science.
Conclusion
So, the story of A.I. Kuprin's "Lilac Bush", presenting a certain ideal of marital relations, and completely realistic, inspires the reader natural beauty human feelings: mutual respect, trust, sacrifice, participation. Thus, our consciousness can absorb this ideal, accordingly, rise and approach it, understand its essence and unconsciously reach for its beauty.
You need to learn to love. Many people think that this feeling falls from the sky or depends entirely on the mysterious compatibility of hearts, but the writer draws our attention to the fact that he needs to learn, overcoming difficulties together. True love- not a gift, but an achievement that is achieved by moral and virtuous people who are ready to work on themselves to achieve harmony in the family. This is what Kuprin teaches in his story.
Criticism
Story by A.I. I perceived Kuprin’s “Lilac Bush” as something very integral, organic, and natural. The relationship between Vera and Nikolai Evgrafovich, everyday, seemingly everyday, is described so carefully and faithfully that it is easy to be charmed by the mutual friendship and love of the spouses. The impression from the story is that a certain example of a marital relationship appeared somewhere in my memory, natural, completely close to real life and at the same time very noble and beautiful.
The writer's contemporaries received the story enthusiastically. Thus, I.V. Terentyev wrote that “A. Kuprin’s work has healing power purest moral source" In his article, he especially praised the image of Verochka as the author’s most successful discovery.
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Lilac bush
The text is verified with the edition: A. I. Kuprin. Collected works in 9 volumes. M.: Khud. literature, 1970. P. 176 - 181 . Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov barely waited until his wife opened the door for him, and, without taking off his coat, walked into his office in his cap. The wife, as soon as she saw his frowning face with knitted eyebrows and a nervously bitten lower lip, realized at that very moment that a very great misfortune had happened... She silently followed her husband. In the office, Almazov stood in one place for a minute, looking somewhere in the corner. Then he let go of the briefcase, which fell to the floor and opened, and he threw himself into a chair, angrily crunching his fingers together... Almazov, a young, poor officer, listened to lectures at the Academy of the General Staff and has now just returned from there. Today he presented the professor with the last and most difficult practical work - instrumental survey of the area... Until now, all the exams had passed successfully, and only God and Almazov’s wife knew what terrible work they had cost... To begin with, the admission itself At first it seemed impossible to go to the academy. For two years in a row, Almazov triumphantly failed, and only on the third year did he overcome all obstacles through hard work. If it weren’t for his wife, he, perhaps, not finding enough energy in himself, would have given up on everything. But Verochka did not let him lose heart and constantly kept him cheerful... She learned to meet every failure with a clear, almost cheerful face. She denied herself everything necessary in order to create comfort for her husband, although cheap, but still necessary for a person busy with heavy work. She was, as needed, his copyist, draftsman, reader, tutor and memory book. Five minutes of heavy silence passed, sadly broken by the lame sound of the alarm clock, long familiar and boring: one, two, three, three: two clean blows, the third with a hoarse interruption. Almazov sat without taking off his coat and hat and turned away to the side... Vera stood two steps away from him, also silently, with suffering on her beautiful, nervous face. Finally, she was the first to speak, with the caution with which only women speak at the bedside of a loved one who is seriously ill... - Kolya, how is your work?.. Is it bad? He shrugged his shoulders and did not answer. - Kolya, was your plan rejected? Just tell me, we’ll discuss it together anyway. Almazov quickly turned to his wife and spoke hotly and irritably, as they usually say, expressing a long-restrained insult. - Well, yes, well, yes, they rejected it, if you really want to know. Can't you see it yourself? Everything has gone to hell!.. All this rubbish,” and he angrily poked the briefcase with the drawings with his foot, “at least throw all this rubbish in the oven now!” Here's the academy for you! A month later he returned to the regiment, and with disgrace and misfortune. And this is because of some nasty stain... Oh, damn! - What stain, Kolya? I do not understand anything. She sat down on the arm of the chair and wrapped her arm around Almazov’s neck. He did not resist, but continued to look into the corner with an offended expression. - What kind of stain, Kolya? - she asked again. - Oh, well, an ordinary stain, with green paint. You know, I didn’t go to bed until three o’clock yesterday, I had to finish. The plan is beautifully drawn and illuminated. That's what everyone says. Well, I sat too long yesterday, got tired, my hands started to tremble - and I planted a stain... Moreover, such a thick stain... greasy. I started cleaning it up and smeared it even more. I thought and thought about what to make of it now, and I decided to depict a bunch of trees in that place... It turned out very well, and it’s impossible to make out that there was a stain. I'll bring it to the professor today. “Yes, yes, yes. And where did you get the bushes here, lieutenant?” I would have to tell you exactly how it all happened. Well, maybe he would just laugh... However, no, he won’t laugh, such a neat German, a pedant. I tell him: “There really are bushes growing here.” And he says: “No, I know this area like the back of my hand, and there can’t be any bushes here.” Word for word, he and I started having a big conversation. And there were still many of our officers. “If you say so, he says that there are bushes on this saddle, then please go there with me on horseback tomorrow... I will prove to you that you either worked carelessly, or drew directly from the three-verst map...” - But why does he say so confidently that there are no bushes there? - Oh, Lord, why? What, by God, childish questions are you asking? Yes, because for twenty years now he has known this area better than his bedroom. The ugliest pedant there is in the world, and a German to boot... Well, in the end it will turn out that I’m lying and getting into an argument... Besides... Throughout the conversation, he pulled out the ashtray in front of him burnt matches and broke them into small pieces, and when he fell silent, he angrily threw them on the floor. It was clear that this strong man wanted to cry. The husband and wife sat for a long time in heavy thought, without uttering a word. But suddenly Verochka jumped up from her chair with an energetic movement. - Listen, Kolya, we need to leave this minute! Get dressed quickly. Nikolai Evgrafovich wrinkled all over, as if from unbearable physical pain. - Oh, don’t talk nonsense, Vera. Do you really think I’m going to go make excuses and apologize? This means directly signing a sentence on yourself. Please don't do anything stupid. “No, it’s not nonsense,” Vera objected, stamping her foot. - No one is forcing you to go with an apology... But it’s just that if there are no such stupid bushes there, then they need to be planted right now. - Plant?.. Bushes?.. - Nikolai Evgrafovich widened his eyes. - Yes, plant it. If I’ve already told a lie, I need to correct it. Get ready, give me a hat... A blouse... You're not looking here, look in the closet... An umbrella! While Almazov, who tried to object but was not listened to, was looking for a hat and blouse. Vera quickly pulled out the drawers of tables and chests of drawers, pulled out baskets and boxes, opened them and scattered them on the floor. - Earrings... Well, they're nothing... They won't give anything for them... But this ring with a solitaire is expensive... You should definitely buy it back... It would be a pity if it disappeared. The bracelet... they will also give you very little. Antique and bent... Where is your silver cigarette case, Kolya? Five minutes later, all the jewelry was placed in the reticule. Vera, already dressed, looked around for the last time to make sure that nothing had been forgotten at home. “We’re going,” she finally said decisively. - But where will we go? - Almazov tried to protest. “Now it will become dark, and my site is almost ten miles away.” - Nonsense... Let's go! First of all, the Almazovs stopped at a pawnshop. It was obvious that the appraiser had been so accustomed to the daily spectacles of human misfortune for so long that they did not touch him at all. He examined the brought things so methodically and for a long time that Verochka was beginning to lose her temper. He especially offended her by testing the diamond ring with acid and, after weighing it, valued it at three rubles. “But this is a real diamond,” Vera was indignant, “it costs thirty-seven rubles, and only for the occasion.” The appraiser closed his eyes with an air of tired indifference. - It’s all the same to us, madam. “We don’t accept stones at all,” he said, throwing the next thing onto the scales, “we only evaluate metals, sir.” But the old and bent bracelet, quite unexpectedly for Vera, was valued very highly. In total, however, there were about twenty-three rubles. This amount was more than enough. When the Almazovs arrived at the gardener’s, the white St. Petersburg night had already spread across the sky and in the air like blue milk. The gardener, a Czech, a little old man in gold glasses, had just sat down with his family for dinner. He was very surprised and dissatisfied with the late appearance of the customers and their unusual request. He probably suspected some kind of hoax and answered Verochka’s persistent requests very dryly: “Sorry.” But I can’t send workers that far at night. If you wish tomorrow morning, I am at your service. Then there was only one remedy left: to tell the gardener in detail the whole story of the ill-fated spot, and Verochka did just that. The gardener listened at first incredulously, almost hostilely, but when Vera got to the point where she had the idea of planting a bush, he became more attentive and smiled sympathetically several times. “Well, there’s nothing to do,” the gardener agreed when Vera finished telling her story, “tell me, what bushes can you plant?” However, of all the breeds that the gardener had, not one turned out to be suitable: willy-nilly, he had to settle on lilac bushes. In vain Almazov tried to persuade his wife to go home. She and her husband went out of town, all the time while the bushes were being planted, she fussed hotly and disturbed the workers, and only then agreed to go home when she was convinced that the turf around the bushes was completely indistinguishable from the grass that covered the entire saddle. The next day, Vera could not sit at home and went out to meet her husband on the street. From afar, just by her lively and slightly bouncing gait, she learned that the story with the bushes ended happily... Indeed, Almazov was covered in dust and could barely stand on his feet from fatigue and hunger, but his face shone with the triumph of the victory he had won. . - Fine! Wonderful! - he shouted ten steps further in response to the alarmed expression on his wife’s face. - Imagine, we came with him to these bushes. He looked at them, looked, and even tore off a leaf and chewed it. "What kind of tree is this?" - asks. I say: “I don’t know, yours.” - "A birch tree, it must be?" - speaks. I answer: “It must be a birch tree, yours.” Then he turned to me and even extended his hand. “Excuse me,” he says, lieutenant. “I must be starting to get old if I forgot about these bushes.” He's a nice professor, and such a smart guy. Really, I'm sorry that I deceived him. One of the best professors we have. The knowledge is simply monstrous. And what speed and accuracy in assessing the terrain is amazing! But what he told was not enough for Vera. She forced him to convey to her in detail the entire conversation with the professor again and again. She was interested in the smallest details: what was the expression on the professor’s face, in what tone he spoke about his old age, how Kolya himself felt at the same time... And they walked home as if there was no one else on the street except them: holding on holding hands and laughing incessantly. Passers-by stopped in bewilderment to take another look at this strange couple. .. Nikolai Evgrafovich had never dined with such appetite as on this day... After lunch, when Vera brought a glass of tea to Almazov’s office, the husband and wife suddenly laughed at the same time and looked at each other. - What are you doing? - Vera asked. - Why are you? - No, you speak first, and I will later. - Yes, that's nonsense. I remembered this whole story with lilacs. And you? - I’m also nonsense, and also about lilacs. I wanted to say that lilac will now forever be my favorite flower... <1894>