Task 3. Find the wrong statements and correct them.

1. Mikhail Lermontov crystallized the literary Russian language and introduced a new level of artistry to Russian literature.

2. The first great Russian novelist was Nikolai Nekrasov.

3. Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky became internationally renowned.

4. The leding dramatist of 19^th century became Alexander Griboyedov.

5. Russian literature of 19^th century perpetuated disparate ideas of suicide.

6. Only a man could commit the noble, heroic suicide.

7. A trend of female suicides suggested a weakness in character which exists because they are women.

8. Many novels viewed suicide through the lens of a female heroine.

9. The death of a male protagonist didn’t bring about great celebrations in his honor.

10. The theme of a suicide remained prominent in literature until the Soviet time.

11. The term Silver Age referred to the 20^th century.

12. Silver Age began with the appearance of Alexander Blok’s “Verses to the Beautiful Lady”.

13. The 20^th century was a period of social and cultural upheavals and pursuits.

14. Silver Age was dominated by the artistic movement of Symbolism, Acmeism and Futurism.

Task 4. Answer the following questions.

1. What period in Russian literature is called Golden Age?

2. Did Romanticism permit a flowering of poetic talent?

3. What is credited to Pushkin?

4. What is the best work of Pushkin?

5. What poets followed in Pushkin’s steps?

6. Who was the first great Russian novelist?

7. Who became internationally renowned?

8. Who was the leading dramatist internationally of this period?

9. What idea did Russian literature of the 19^th century perpetuate?

10. Why were many of the 19^th century Russian heroines victims of suicide?

11. What novels set in Moscow followed a trend of female suicide?

12. How did many novels set in St. Petersburg view suicide?

13. What contaminated or destroyed femininity of the heroines in these books?

14. What was another aspect of literary suicides introduced in the Peterburg texts?

15. Why was this step taken?

16. The idea of suicide as a mode of protecting one’s right to self-sovereignty was seen as legitimate within the spere of St. Petersburg, wasn’t it?

17. Did the death of a male protagonist bring about great celebrations in his honor or faint remembrance among his comrades?

18. How long did this theme remain in Russian literature?

19. What time did the term Silver Age refer to?

20. Who suggested this term?

21. Was this term popular in the Western world?

22. What did Silver Age begin with?

23. What was Silver Age dominated by?

24. What poets applied to Silver Age?

25. When did Silver Age end?

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