Vissarion+Belinsky-+The+Politically+and+Socially+Opinionated!

THIS ISN'T WHAT I LOST.....I RETYPED WHAT I REMEMBERED JUST IN CASE! BRITTANY...IF YOU SEE THIS I LOST MY FIRST DRAFT SOMEHOW AND I AM TRYING TO GET IT BACK I WILL ASK MR MULLEN TOMORROW! IT WAS REALLY GOOD I HAD LIKE 80 LINKS.(OK NOT 80, THAT WAS A HYPERBOLE) Vissarion Belinskii was a Russian literary critic, social thinker, essayist, and a role model for many authors. He was born in Sveaborg, Finland. In 1829 he entered the University of Moscow and began his journey of literature. During his stay at the University he got expelled for writing a play called //Dmitrii Kalinin//. This play attacked the institution of serfdom. At this time serfdom was a huge part of Russia’s economic system. He began his career outside of school by writing for the important journals of the day. These journals were called //Moskovskii Nabliutadel'//, //Otechestvennye Zapiski, Sovremennik//, and //Teleskop//. This is where he wrote his first philosophical letter. Later Vissarion Belinskii recuperated from a serious illness and edited the Moscow observer for a year. After this Belinskii starts to focus more on the political and social aspects of writing. He first writes a essay called //The Idea of Art//. This essay states that art and literature was utilitarian. Also that they had to transform society and not focus on contemplation of aesthetic principles. In easier terms it said they had to fix the society and not focus on examining artistic principles. Belinskii also liked to focus on the historical framework of literature. Belinski also reviewed the works of other Russian authors such as [|Dostoyesvky] and Gogol. He didn't agree very much with Gogol and called him a conservative, which to Belinskii would have been an insult considering his highly socialistic opinions, "Socialism, socialism - or death!" He wrote //Letter To Gogol// in 1847 which stated his disappointment in Gogol, but this piece was banned by the government. Shortly after //Letter To Gogol// Belinskii came down with tuberculosis and began to travel until his death in 1848 of consumption.


 * HOW DOES THIS RELATE?**

[|Belinskii] is a well known author in Russia and his ideas are very influential. He defended sociological realism in literature and reviewed the works **[|Dosteovsky's]**, which means they share some of the same views. Belinskii deeply influenced Dostoevsky's writings. He considered Belinskii his soul mate. A lot of the topic that Belinskii wrote about come up in Dostoevsky's works. Since all the issues that Belinskii writes about were important political and social issues of Russia. The book we are reading takes place in Russia and will have some of the same ideologies. Socialism for example comes up in the //Brothers Karamazov//.