Students, there is a huge book that has galloped in the Russian literary world
The literary master of nearly sixty years was praised by Lenin as the "mirror of the Russian Revolution" for his true and profound reproduction of Russian social life. War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection are three novels that represent the pinnacle of his art.
Do you know who he is? Yes, he is Lev. Tolstoy. Today, let's follow the Austrian writer Zweig
Approach this great man who was created in his tribulations and visit his deep and rich inner world.
About the Author
Zweig (1881–1942) Stephen Zweig was an Austrian writer. Born into a Jewish family of factory owners. His major works include the short stories "The Invisible Collection", "The Madman of Malays", "Letter from a Strange Woman", "The Story of Chess" and the novel "The Anxiety of the Heart", the biography "Three Masters", "Roman Roland", "Three Poets Who Describe Their Lives", and the memoir "Yesterday's World".
Background information
In the summer of 1928, when the Soviet Union held a grand commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leo Tolstoy, the Austrian writer Zweig received a warm invitation from the Soviet Writers Association to visit the Soviet Union for half a month. During the trip to the Soviet Union, Zweig was emotionally moved by a visit to The former home of Lev Tolstoy, and even more emotional for Zweig was to go to Tolstoy's cemetery. After returning to China, he cast this feeling in his book Three Writers. Biography of Tolstoy.
Biography
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian writer. Born into the nobility. The creation period lasts for more than 60 years, and the works profoundly reflect the contradictions of the peasant world view based on the patriarchal society. On the one hand, ruthlessly exposing the evils of the tsarist system and the new capitalist forces; On the other hand, propaganda did not resist evil and wanted to replace the tsarist system with a "free and equal" small peasant society. Representative works include "Cossack", "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina", "Resurrection" and so on.
Literary knowledge
Character biography is a form of literary work that systematically describes and introduces the life, life, spirit and other fields of typical characters. The work requires "truth, faith, and life" to achieve the expression and reflection of the character characteristics and deep spirit. Biography is an effective form of recording of characters or character data, which is of great significance to the study of history and the changes of the times.
Summarize the topic
This article is a separate section of Zweig's biographical work The Three Writers. The author uses a large number of metaphors and exaggerations to depict Tolstoy's portrait through the back of the paper and interestingly, which not only shows his unique physical characteristics, but also reveals his profound spiritual world, and also expresses the author's infinite reverence and praise for him.
Overall perception divides the text hierarchy
The first part (paragraphs 1-5) depicts Tolstoy's physical characteristics.
The second part (paragraphs 6-9) describes Tolstoy's extraordinary eyes.
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