Han Da Li Zhong | Russian literary masterpiece love tragedy story comic strip "The Great Thunderstorm" Zhang Chongzheng painting

Ostrovsky (1823–1886), a prominent Russian critical realist playwright, was born into a family of officials. In his lifetime, he wrote nearly 50 plays, mainly including "Good Accounting of His Own Family", "Fat Deficiency", "Great Thunderstorm", "Wolf and Sheep", "Woman Without Compensation" and "Innocent Sinner", etc., mostly based on the family life of landlords, merchants, and petty officials, exposing and criticizing their family relations under the patriarchal system and their barbaric and vulgar living habits, reflecting the corruption and darkness of Russian society before the reform of serfdom, and having a great influence on the formation and development of Critical Realist drama in Russia. The masterpiece "The Great Thunderstorm" was written in 1859. Through Katerina's tragic encounters with her love and her struggles, the play issues a strong indictment and a powerful challenge to the old system and traditions that suppress freedom and suffocate vitality. The character of the play is clear and profound, the psychological description is delicate, and the language is beautiful and poetic. The use of the exterior scene of the big thunderstorm in the play is a unique artistic creation for portraying the heroine's fierce inner conflict and strengthening the tragic atmosphere.