FU Meiyan

(№.2,2013)

Abstract: Critical realism was the mainstream of the Russian literature development in the 19th century. However, criticism was not a unique feature of the Russian literature in that period. It was not rational to use criticism to sum up the Russian realistic literature. The Russian literature of that century had the features of multi-schools and multi-types; psychological realism, social realism and romance realism were the three major schools of the Russian critical realism. Recognizing these schools can help us better understand the features of the Russian realistic literature of the 19th century. We can detect the manifestation of a unique multiformity of the literature from the literary works of Gogol, Dostoevsky and Chekhov who had the greatest influence in Russia.

Key words: Russian; realistic literature; criticism; creation method