Песнь о вещем Олеге

by Alexander Pushkin

Стихотворение. Создано в 1822 году. Впервые опубликовано в в альманахе «Северные цветы» в 1825 году. В стихотворной форме поэт пересказывает древнюю легенду об одном из великих русских князей - Олеге. Произведение входит в список обязательной литературы для средних школ.

Genres: Classics, Poetry, Russia, Fiction, 19th Century, Russian Literature

6 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1825

About the author

Works of Russian writer Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin include the verse novel Eugene Onegin (1831), the play Boris Godunov (1831), and many narrative and lyrical poems and short stories.

See also:
Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин
French: Alexandre Pouchkine
Norwegian: Aleksander Pusjkin
Spanish:Aleksandr Pushkin

People consider this author the greatest poet and the founder of modern literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated ever with greatly influential later literature.

Pushkin published his first poem at the age of 15 years in 1814, and the literary establishment widely recognized him before the time of his graduation from the imperial lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. Social reform gradually committed Pushkin, who emerged as a spokesman for literary radicals and in the early 1820s clashed with the government, which sent him into exile in southern Russia. Under the strict surveillance of government censors and unable to travel or publish at will, he wrote his most famous drama but ably published it not until years later. People published his verse serially from 1825 to 1832.

Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1831, later became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into ever greater debt amidst rumors that his wife started conducting a scandalous affair, Pushkin challenged her alleged lover, Georges d'Anthès, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded and died two days later.

Because of his liberal political views and influence on generations of Russian rebels, Pushkin was portrayed by Bolsheviks as an opponent to bourgeois literature and culture and a predecessor of Soviet literature and poetry. Tsarskoe Selo was renamed after him.

Reviews

[Linar]

В силу того, что я преподаю литературу, мне волей-неволей приходится перечитывать все произведения, которые дети изучают.

[gleb_]

For this review I read a tale called Pesn o Veschem Olege (Russian) by Alexander Pushkin. It’s actually a song but I it tells a story so it’s more like a fable/tale. This is fiction. I chose to read this because Alexander Pushkin is a famous Russian writer. He is mostly known for his poems. This is though (as I said earlier) a song.
The tale is about a knight whose name is Oleg. He sees a wise old man who can tell the future. He asks what will happen to him. The wise man tells him how he will die but Oleg didn’t believe him. In the end he dies the exactly how the old man told him he will die. The song teaches a lesson while telling a story.
The story made me feel kind of two different things. On one hand, why would he listen to a stranger. On the other hand, the knight should have been more careful. There weren’t really funny or scary bits because it teaches a lesson rather than makes you feel different emotions. I think this is worth reading. It’s fun to read if you sing it. Also, it’s old Russian literature so you can learn about what that is. Last but not least, it teaches you a lesson about life. I would recommend this writing to anyone from 13-20 because it actually has a very deep meaning to it.

[Abbas · Rating 1 out of 5]

Есть интересные моменты.

Например, как князь разговаривает со жрецом.

Князь:
Открой мне всю правду, не бойся меня:
В награду любого возьмешь ты коня.

Жрец:
Волхвы не боятся могучих владык,
А княжеский дар им не нужен.

Ответ жреца в стиле "червь, я с Богами разговариваю".