Balada o siedmich obesených
1958
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Prierez poviedkovou tvorbou predstavuje Leonida Andrejeva ako spisovateľa mučeného strachom z chaosu a ničenia tradičných hodnôt. Andrejevove poviedky, v ktorých sa prejavil vplyv Dostojevského, možno charakterizovať ako realistické, naturalistické, symbolistické, fantastické i expresionistické zároveň. Tematicky ho zaujímali najmä otázky spoločenskej morálky, problémy vzbury proti skostnatenému náboženskému cíteniu (Život Vasilija Fivejského) či protest proti tyranii (Balada o siedmich obesených). Základným tónom pritom zostáva pesimizmus, ktorý v jednej chvíli znie ako tichá melódia, kým v ďalšej už buráca ako napríklad v poviedkach Kresťania, Lazár, Múr, Priepasť, Prízraky.
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Author
Leonid Andreyev
Author · 44 books
Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Андреев; 1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the Tsarist government. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyevs literary career really began. His first collection of stories appeared in 1901, and sold a quarter-million copies in short time. He was hailed as a new star in Russia, where his name soon became a byword. He published his short story, In the Fog in 1902. Although he started out in the Russian vein he soon startled his readers by his eccentricities, which grew even faster than his fame. His two best known stories may be The Red Laugh (1904) and The Seven Who Were Hanged (1908). His dramas include the Symbolist plays The Life of Man (1906), Tsar Hunger (1907), Black Masks (1908), Anathema (1909) and He Who Gets Slapped (1915).
