Fathers and Sons
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1) The novel Fathers and Sons is not only a realistic novel in the literary sense but one with characters dedicated to the idea of realism and rationalism itself. Arkady is such a character, along with his friend Bazarov. However, realism and romanticism clash between generations, and for that matter, Arkady's story itself shows how romanticism cannot be weeded out entirely as the nihilists would have. Arkady develops a passion for Katya that causes his point of view to be tinged more and more with the romanticism of his father, the very force that he has been opposing since he came home. He shows a romantic spirit when he gets involved first with Katya, which shows a change as he has been criticizing his uncle and father for the way they relate to Fenichka even as he tries to show that he is dedicated only to science. His friend Bazarov is also one who tries to be always the scientist, though his passion for Madame Odintsova tests his resolve in this area. Bazarov says he is searching for objective truth, which contrasts with the individual truth of the romantic era. Bazarov also must come to see that love does not fit easily into his scientific view of the world and instead is emotional and irrational yet powerful and uneradicable.3) Turgenev sees science as having a place, for Nikolai accepts some of science and adapts his farming to meet changing views of the world. However, Turgenev also sees science as having limitations which men like Bazarov do not recogniz
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is child before later being married to him. Katya, Odintsova's sister, is also more representative of the urban woman, for she is not nearly as daring or nihilistic as her sister. The differentiation between traditional women and bolder women is probably reflected elsewhere in Europe at this time, though the philosophy of nihilism may not hold such sway outside Russia.
6) In Fathers and Sons, Turgenev presents the conflict between generations as being about an ideological change from one era to another. However, this sort of intergenerational conflict always takes place as the younger generation takes on new ideas and challenges the accepted ideas of the older generation. The tension may be heightened at the time of this novel because the ideology of nihilism more openly sets out not just to deny but to destroy the older way of life, as if it cannot exist itself unless it eliminates what went before. That older way of life is represented by Arkady's father and uncle and in a broader sense by the provincial way of life they live. The new way of life is represented by the younger generation, by Odintsova, and by those who live in urban areas. The two clash when those from the city visit those in the country. Nikolai is the
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)
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