"Pomegranate bracelet": genre, short content. What genre is Kuprin's "Pomegranate Bracelet"?

One of the most famous creations of Alexander Kuprin is the "Garnet Bracelet". The genre of this work is not so easy to define. He is called both a story and a story. What is the difference between these genres? And to which of them does the "Pomegranate Bracelet" apply?

Plot

The work "Pomegranate Bracelet", the genre of which will be defined in this article, is dedicated to an extraordinary, unearthly love. The main characters are the couple Vera and Vasily Sheina. The action takes place in a small provincial town by the sea. Vasily Shein occupies the honorary post of the head of the nobility, which to many obliges. He is present at dinner parties of the highest level, has the appropriate look, and his family life is exemplary. With his wife, Vasily is associated with friendly, warm relations. Faith has not experienced passionate love for her husband for a long time, but understands him with a half-word, which can be said about Vasily.

The plot occurs in the fifth chapter, when the name of the hostess is celebrated in the Shein house. Invisibly from guests Vera receives a gift and a rather lengthy letter attached to it. In the message - an explanation in love. The gift is a massive blown bracelet made of low-grade gold, decorated with a grenade.

Later the reader will learn the background. The author of the letter threw love letters before Vera's marriage . But once secretly from her husband, she in writing forbade him to send such messages. From now on, he limited himself to congratulations for the New Year, Easter and the name day. He did not stop the correspondence, but he did not talk about love more in his letters.

Native faiths, and especially brother Nikolai, were extremely indignant with the gift. And so they decided to take effective methods to neutralize the restless admirer. Once Vasily and Nikolay went straight home to a man who, for more than eight years, loved Vera unhesitatingly, and insistently demanded to stop the letters. Also, a garnet bracelet was returned to the giver.

Genre

In the literature there are various kinds of works: from a small lyrical poem to a large-scale novel in several volumes. The contents of the Garnet Bracelet were briefly described above. The genre must be defined. But first we need to say a few words about this literary concept.

Genre - the totality of works that have some characteristic common features. It can be a comedy, an essay, a poem, a novel, a story, and a story. We will consider the last two options. The genre of Grenade Bracelet by Kuprin, of course, can not be a comedy, a poem, or a novel.

What is the story?

The difference between the story and the novel is significant. These genres can not be confused. The main feature of the story is a small volume. Draw a boundary between it and the story is much more difficult. But there is still a difference. The story describes events that are part of a single whole story. This genre originated in the days of Ancient Rus. His first examples were works about the exploits of Russian soldiers. Much later this genre began to develop Karamzin. And after it - Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev. The story is characterized by a uniform, unhurried development of events.

What is a story?

This genre is a small realistic work. It resembles a West European novel, but many literary scholars singled out the story as a separate, special kind of work. The story is characterized by an unexpected denouement. This genre from the story is distinguished by the absence of prehistory, a limited number of characters, concentration around the main event.

So all the same - a story or a story?

At the beginning of the article the plot of the work "Pomegranate Bracelet" was presented. What genre comes to mind after reading this work or even a brief retelling of it? Undoubtedly, the story. The "Garnet bracelet" depicts characters who do not have a direct relationship to the main events. Some are mentioned casually, others are very detailed. The work contains a detailed description of Anna, the younger sister of Vera. In addition, the biography of General Anosov, a friend of the Shein family, is presented in some detail. He is not just simply depicted by the author brightly and colorfully. His presence in the story is symbolic. Anosov discusses with Vera the theme of "true love, to which men are no longer capable." He also pronounces an essential phrase about the feeling that Vera met on the path of life and which every woman in the world dreams of. But this hero does not influence the course of events. Its meaning in the plot is only symbolic.

It should also be recalled that Kuprin's work contains a prehistory. Vera tells the same Anosov about the events of recent years, namely, about a fan who presented her with a compromising gift. All this allows us to state with certainty that the genre of Kuprin's work The Pomegranate Bracelet is a story. Although it should be added that this concept is inherent exclusively in Russian literature. In other languages it does not have an exact analogue. In English and German, for example, Kuprin's work is called a novel. Therefore, the one who determines the "Garnet Bracelet" by the story, will not make a gross mistake.