| Abstract [eng] |
The article, using examples from different works of N. Gogol, A. Ostrovsky, F. Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy and A. Chekhov’s is seeking to fi nd out why the nineteenth century Russian literature depicts all things related to images of catering establishment (pubs, taverns, restaurants, sweets, caffeine [the article contains explanations of these terms which in different languages can be understood differently]), as well as the same process of eating and drinking in certain negative context, usually as something that has nothing to do with human soul, as even immoral. The heroes do not just “avoid” eating or visiting taverns or restaurants, but often are ashamed even to mention about it. This phenomenon is especially noticeable in Dostoevsky’s works, in which we can fi nd all possible types of public catering in former Russia. Confectionery and caffeine in Dostoevsky’s novels are associated with some melodrama plot development; restaurants usually have to do with the “easier” ideological conflicts of heroes; and taverns and pubs not only reveal all the Russian life tragedy, but also set out the key ideas of the writer and his most complicated characters. The most important idea in Dostoevsky’s world is usually presented in the most unspiritual area. And the culmination of this typical phenomenon of his writing appears in his last novel Brothers Karamazov. One of the characters – Smerdiakov - is described as a professional cook who dreams about his own tavern and at the same time he... [to full text]. |
