Русская литературная критика XIX века

“Each era of Russian literature had its own consciousness about itself, expressed in criticism,” wrote V. G. Belinsky. It is difficult to disagree with this judgment. Russian criticism is a phenomenon as bright and unique as Russian classical literature. It has been noted many times that criticism, being synthetic in nature, played a huge role in the social life of Russia. Critical articles by V. G. Belinsky, A. A. Grigoriev, A. V. Druzhinin, N. A. Dobrolyubov, D. I. Pisarev and many others contained not only a detailed analysis of the works, their images, ideas, artistic features ; behind the destinies of literary heroes, behind the artistic picture of the world, critics sought to see the most important moral and social problems of the time, and not only to see, but sometimes to propose their own ways to solve these problems.

The articles of Russian critics had and continue to have a significant impact on the spiritual and moral life of society.