Pushkin is considered the central representative of Romanticism in Russian literature, though he was not definitively a Romantic himself. Russian critics argue his works represented a transition from Neoclassicism through Romanticism to Realism. However, others assert Pushkin had an ability to consider opposing views simultaneously, including romantic views, making him difficult to categorize within a single outlook like Romanticism.
Pushkin is considered the central representative of Romanticism in Russian literature, though he was not definitively a Romantic himself. Russian critics argue his works represented a transition from Neoclassicism through Romanticism to Realism. However, others assert Pushkin had an ability to consider opposing views simultaneously, including romantic views, making him difficult to categorize within a single outlook like Romanticism.
Pushkin is considered the central representative of Romanticism in Russian literature, though he was not definitively a Romantic himself. Russian critics argue his works represented a transition from Neoclassicism through Romanticism to Realism. However, others assert Pushkin had an ability to consider opposing views simultaneously, including romantic views, making him difficult to categorize within a single outlook like Romanticism.
Pushkin is considered by many to be the central representative of Romanticism in
Russian literature although he was not unequivocally known as a Romantic. Russian critics have traditionally argued that his works represent a path from Neoclassicism through Romanticism to Realism. An alternative assessment suggests that "he had an ability to entertain contrarities which may seem Romantic in origin, but are ultimately subversive of all fixed points of view, all single outlooks, including the Romantic" and that "he is simultaneously Romantic and not Romantic". [2]