مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - LEV TOLSTOY’S COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE 20th CENTURY ENGLISH WRITERS

Abstract :

This research is the first attempt to study the relations between Tolstoy and the 20th century’s English writers. Studying Tolstoy’s assessment of English writers at the beginning of the 20th century is actually comprehensive. First of all it includes the facts of Tolstoy’s correspondence with English writers and tries to show different moments of the relations between Tolstoy, Shaw and Wells. Studying ideas which were expressed by Tolstoy in his letters, memories and diaries enriches our knowledge about him. Second, the release of Tolstoy’s relation with English writers leads us to a deeper understanding of the European and world literary movements. At the same time this article enlightens Tolstoy’s attitude to English literature. On the background of these creative disputes, it is possible to observe how widely Tolstoy has affected the world literature. Third, the friendship relations between Russian and English writers, unity of their opinions and affairs assist the advance of the universal culture and understanding. Fourth, the topic of this article will give way to further research on the study of the problems of great literary and scientific interest and will be the experience in studying literary relations between writers of different countries. The main problems which are discussed in this article are: 1. Tolstoy’s relations with the 20th century English writers; 2. The type of problems which Tolstoy devotes himself in correspondence with English writers; 3. The comparative way to show how Tolstoy applied the aesthetic and artistic demands in the assessment of the works of any writer; The aim of this article is to attract the readers’ attention to Tolstoy’s statements on the main questions of works of art, to help them imagine Tolstoy’s attitude towards the 20th century writers, to show the formation of these relations and the ways of how one Russian writer and English writers solved the problems of the 20th century European literature.