(343 words) Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich - writer, whose work played an important role in Russian literature of the second half of the XIX century. Real life in the writings of the author is presented as it is, without embellishment. Of course, this could not fail to attract readers, because in his creations people saw themselves and the reality surrounding them.
Since the literary activity of Turgenev developed in the era of serfdom, this topic was reflected in many of his works. Take, for example, the storybook “Notes of the Hunter”. In it, the writer portrays serfs as wise and talented people, much more human than their masters. The moral and spiritual qualities of the common people in these stories are commendable.
The novel "The Noble Nest" shows us the best representatives of the Russian nobility, the images of these people were not invented by the author, in their features we can easily see the contemporaries of the writer. Turgenev also describes the peasants with sympathy and sympathy, because it was one of these village peasants who taught the writer himself a lot, translating from several languages. Therefore, Ivan Sergeyevich considered serfdom the main cause of social discord, which cripples absolutely everyone - both peasants and landowners. It hinders the development of the common people and rivets the nobles to the insignificant idleness that corrupts them.
The features of realism can be traced in one of Turgenev's most famous novels, “Fathers and Sons”. It also presents the life of poor peasants under the yoke of the landlords, but this topic is already fading into the background. The conflict of generations shown in this work is nothing but the cruel reality of the modern world. In this confrontation, the writer did not shield anyone and did not exalt. He severely bluntly portrayed the sunset of his era and the flourishing of a new time, with which the author himself did not get along. I think that the conflict of generations will not lose its relevance in a hundred years or two hundred. This is what distinguishes the novel - it is called, "forever." Moreover, it is written honestly, without trying to justify or condemn anyone.
So, the work of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev not only contributed to the spiritual education of Russian society, but also influenced the history of Russian literature. The writer found inspiration in hatred of serfdom, in sympathy for the common people. He managed to notice all those important phenomena of our time that took place around him and to raise in his works precisely those questions that most worried people.
