“POEMS IN PROSE” BY IVAN TURGENEV AND “RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN” BY XU DISHAN: AN UNNOTICED TRADITION

Abstract

The article considers the last creation of the great Russian realist I.S. Turgenev – “Poems in Prose”, taking into account their inherent impressionism. Such an approach helps to reveal the Turgenev tradition in the collection of poems in prose “Raining in the Mountain” by the Chinese writer Xu Dishan (1893–1941) created in the 1920s. It is shown how both writers strive to capture fleeting life impressions, emphasize the exact image of light and color, convey the subtlest nuances and fluctuations in the psychological and emotional state of the characters. It is proved that in both Turgenev and Xu Dishan women are not only the ideal embodiment of “beauty”, “love”, “goodness”, “wisdom”, but also “nature” itself. This will predetermine the style of depicting women by both writers: they are drawn, like the natural world, in an impressionistic manner.