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Alexandria Vasques, Gloria Li, & Caroline Shaunessy Professor Somoff Russian 31 22 February 2016 Outline I. Background (new) A. Lead Section 1. description of “Oblomov’s Dream”: Goncharov first write “Oblomov’s Dream”, which was included in the literary journal Contemporary 2. Goncharov: “...soon after the publication in the Contemporary of The Usual Story, I already had the plan of Oblomov complete in my mind.” 3. “No other novel has been used to describe the ever-so-elusive “Russian mentality” or “russian soul” as frequently as Oblomov” 4. The image can stay the same, no other relevant images could be found B. Novel’s history section (new) 1. pre-Oblomov Oblomov, Diment (12-15) 2. oblomov’s dream 3. influences- early chapters: Gogols Dead Souls II. Plot A. Remove details that are better suited for background section B. Keep summary brief, avoid analysis (outside of the unnecessary inclusion of specific historical facts about the novel, the article does a good job generalizing the plot) III. Ivan Goncharov (new) A. summary of Goncharov’s life/ family affairs (Diment 6-12) 1. early influence: Hegel (critical voices against idealistic, sentimental, and romantic presentations of life) B. “unusually sympathetic to problems of smart women” C. despite creating one of the most popular Russian novels, he is delegated to a “large and and rather bland group of so-called minor Russian realists” IV. Writing style (new) A. narration + POV 1. 3rd person in the beginning, becomes closer/ actually judges Oblomov’s family + friends as the story progresses, ambivalent, narrative inconsistencies a) Goncharov is eager by the end of the novel to make a distinction between himself and the narrator -> chooses to reveal the identity of the narrator only when the reveal would not affect our reading of the novel 2. “colloquial exchanges here coexist with long narratorial passages that characterize the novel’s inhabitants more directly” 3. uses symbolic objects , where certain attributes allude certain essential traits of the characters (Diment 22-29)... fascination with minute details of life
V. Themes (new) A. Stages of Life 1. Goncharov envisioned Oblomov as part of a “trilogy”, between his other 2 books (A Common Story and The Precipice) a) all main characters are fatherless and rely mostly on the mother, go to St. Petersburg during university years b) Aduev (of A Common Story) and Oblomov both isolate themselves from reality and live within their imaginations 2. Goncharov upset that “no one saw the close organic connection between the three books”, “Belinski and Dobroljubov surely would have seen that they are but one tremendous structure, one mirror reflecting in miniature three epochs: Old Life, Sleep, and Awakening; and that all the characters--Aduev, Oblomov, Rajskij, and the others--form but one personality in its successive rebirths” a) Goncharov imagined Oblomov as “Sleep” B. Oblomovism 1. This is already an existing section in the article, but it is severely lacking. 2. Provide citation for Stoltz’s calling Oblomov’s cause of death “oblomovism” (he specifically calls it “Oblomovshchina!” on page 436 of our edition of the novel) 3. Use Elaine Blair’s "The Short Happy Life of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov" to discuss the counterargument that Oblomov is “not merely lazy” a) “Our hero favors very short-term pleasures over long-term ones” b) “He is self-conscious in a way that no farcical character or Rabelaisian grotesque would be” c) “To Oblomov, to be absorbed in any task is to lose something of oneself; a person can maintain his full dignity only in repose” C. Social Changes 1. social significance of novel emphasized by Dobroljubov and literary contemporaries VI. Reception (new) A. Literary Criticism (new) 1. tradition of analyzing writer’s aesthetic ability and social “message” 2. introduction of “What is Oblomovism?”: Dobroljubov’s essay (published in the Contemporary) interpreted Oblomov as a novel of immense social significance and introduced it to a large literary circle 3. Chekhov wrote of Goncharov “10 heads above me in talent” 4. Tolstoy one of the earliest and most ardent admirers 5. Dostoevesky found the novel “abominable” B. emphasized by VII. Adaptations A. this whole section is copy and pasted from, http://everything.explained.today/Oblomov/ , needs more research on other adaptations or this section needs to be reworded B. Bias in the section about Son of Oblomov VIII. English Translations A. This section looks good! Could not find any missing English translators IX. References A. Add our references (see Work Cited) X. External Links A. Remove “Digital Oblomov” B. Add a link to Spender’s New York Times Article
Work Cited Blair, Elaine. "The Short Happy Life of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov." The New York Review of Books. NYREV, Inc., 09 Sept. 2010. Web. 07 Feb. 2016. Borowec, C.. (1994). Time after Time: The Temporal Ideology of Oblomov. The Slavic and East European Journal, 38(4), 561–573. http://doi.org/10.2307/308414 Diment, Galya. Goncharov's Oblomov: A Critical Companion. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press, 1998. Print. Ehre, Milton. Oblomov and His Creator: The Life and Art of Ivan Goncharov. Princeton, N.J, 1973. Print. Frank, Joseph. Between Religion and Rationality: Essays in Russian Literature and Culture. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2010. Print. Harjan, G.. (1976). Dobroliubov's "What is Oblomovism?": An Interpretation. Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue Canadienne Des Slavistes, 18(3), 284–292. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40866920 Lounsbery, Anne. The World on the Back of a Fish: Mobility, Immobility, and Economics in Oblomov. Russian Review 70, no. 1 (2011): 43-64. Peace, Richard. Oblomov: A Critical Examination of Goncharov's Novel. Birmingham: Dept. of Russian Language and Literature, U of Birmingham, 1991. Print. Seeley, F. F.. (1976). Oblomov. The Slavonic and East European Review, 54(3), 335–354. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4207297 Shteyngart, Gary. "Ten Days With Oblomov: A Journey in My Bed." The New York Times. The New York Times, 30 Sept. 2006. Web. 07 Feb. 2016. Stilman, L.. (1948). Oblomovka Revisited. American Slavic and East European Review, 7(1), 45–77. http://doi.org/10.2307/2492118