Open AccessBehind the Counter: «Other Literature» by Anton Chekhov in the Context of Social History
Author(s) -
Hui Tian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
russkaâ literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 0131-6095
DOI - 10.31860/0131-6095-2020-2-92-101
Subject(s) - biography , context (archaeology) , position (finance) , social position , literature , sociology , social history (medicine) , social life , history , work (physics) , art , social science , social relation , archaeology , medicine , mechanical engineering , surgery , finance , engineering , economics
Chekhov’s work is considered in the article in the context of Russia’s social history of the late 19th — early 20th centuries, and primarily in the context of those aspects of the history of the social ranks that were associated with the new trends refl ected in Chekhov’s writing: education, family income, a person’s position in the post-reform Russian secular society. «Shop life», that occupied an important place both in the writer’s work and in his biography, is studied on the basis of Chekhov’s letters and short stories.