Summary: Natalia, Boyar's Daughter by NM Karamzin

It is impossible to overestimate the impact on literature andthe story of Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. An outstanding scientist and literary scholar forever erected a "monument to man-made" by his outstanding work "The History of the Russian State". We would like to remind you that it was thanks to this person that words were included in our speech, which you, dear readers, probably think that they are originally Russian: "love", "impression", "touching," "aesthetic," "moral," "future "," Scene ".

No more than an announcement, for this story Karamzin brief. "Natalia, boyar's daughter," however, deserves to be read.

Prototypes of the characters in the story

At the same time, documentary and vivid perceptionthe history of the Fatherland is distinguished by writer Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. "Natalia, boyar daughter" - a brief and capacious artistic narrative, documenting the era. Being a deep connoisseur of folklore, the author did not write his works in the language of the ancient Russian epic, as was traditionally introduced. Although always clearly marked the historical roots of the work. Karamzin's works are characterized by documentalism: a historical reference on the epoch always supplements a brief content.

"Natalia, Boyar's Daughter" has an epistemologicala source associated with the biography of the boyar Artamon Sergeevich Matveev, the tutor of Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina (mother of Peter I). His biography is really dramatic, first - a brilliant career (boyar became the right hand of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich). After the death of the suzerain Artamon Sergeevich, the boyar-competitors were deceived, and he fell into disgrace (under the tsarevich Fyodor Alekseevich). This vivid and tragic biography is divided Karamzin into two parts: to and after opal. In particular, the trials of Artamon Sergeevich Matveyev and his young son Andrei were transformed by Karamzin into the woeful history of the hiding young boyar Alexei Luboslavsky.

The plot of the story

Objectivity for a true scientist - aboveeverything, so the story itself determines the story of Karamzin's summary. Natalia, a boyar daughter, lives with her father, Boyar Matvey Andreev. (He - the owner of a "safe" part of the biography of the prototype.) Boyarin Matvey - in favor with the king and respected by people, rich, active, fair. Widower. The sweet daughter of his soul is the only daughter, the beautiful Natalya.

She is already extradited. She was brought up by a nanny. The girl's life proceeds in a rather narrow channel, regulated by the code of housekeeping rules - "Domostroi". However, the matured girl with all her being feels the need to love, she already narrowly live within the framework of "Domostroi", which combines the Christian norms and everyday recommendations of the 16th century.

In the church at the mass, she sees a young man,whose eyes awaken passion in her. After a second meeting with him, the nanny will arrange a young date for the young people. When meeting Alexei convinces Natalia of the need to follow him and marry without the blessing of his father. So it happened.

When the nanny and the girl were seen near the forest dwellingAlexei armed men, they were frightened, considering them bandits. But Alex reassured them by telling the story of the disgrace of his kind. Secretly married, they lived happily.

Further - that vassals military affairsproved their loyalty to the kings, and is testified by a brief summary. "Natalia, boyar daughter" in the canvas of his narrative introduces the theme of war and service. The young man learned about the beginning of the war with the Lithuanians. Alexey made a firm decision: the valor deserve the mercy of the king and the forgiveness of the family. To his wife Natalia, he offered to return to his father for a while. But the girl, disguised in a military dress, said that she would be at war with him, calling himself his younger brother.

The war ended in victory. In the battles were unquestionable military achievements of Alexei. The king himself awarded the hero, but the highest reward for Alexei was the cessation of disgrace. Learning that Natalia, as a simple soldier, fought shoulder to shoulder with her beloved, the king was moved, and his father blessed their marriage. Boyar lived to a very old age, together with the friendly family of Alexei and Natalia, rich children. On behalf of the author of the narrative, who heard this story from his great-grandmother, Karamzin at the end of the story testifies that he himself saw a huge stone above the grave of Alexei and Natalya.

Conclusion

In his convictions, Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin -conservative. But the conservative is peculiar, in opposition to everything that came to Russia from the outside. He sincerely believed that the path of development of the Fatherland was special, not Western. The historian idealized the pre-Petrine era. It is this train of thought, dear readers, you can catch, after reading the story "Natalia, boyar daughter." The summary of it is surprisingly harmonious, the author is witty, interesting to read, in the story there is a lot of subtle irony.

Unfortunately, in real life, not everything is alwaysends with a happy ending. When Peter I ascended to the throne with his mercy recognized the innocence of Boyar Artamon Sergeevich Matveyev, he exalted and summoned him to himself, just then the Streltsy rebellion began. Boyarin, trying to pacify the maturing uprising, the troublemakers literally tore to pieces just in front of the windows of the royal palace. This cruel scene deeply impressed the man who later "cut through the window to Europe".

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