Kovrin's mental condition apparently hides or makes him ignore the tuberculosis which eventually causes his death. Likewise, Chekhov's "black monk" led him to work and travel obsessively, despite the fact that he was severely ill with tuberculosis (and coughing up blood at times) through the 's. The Black Monk, short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in Russian as “Chorny monakh” in “The Black Monk,” Chekhov’s final philosophical short story, concerns Kovrin, a mediocre scientist who has grandiose hallucinations in which a black-robed monk convinces him that he possesses superhuman abilities and is destined to lead humanity to everlasting life and eternal truth. It is a story about the surprise of falling in love and ends with a beautiful passage about missing one's old love. It's very short length and emotional power are vintage Chekhov. The "Black Monk" is a very intriguing story. It touches on the fine line between madness on the one hand and happiness and spirituality on the other/5(10).
The Black Monk. LibriVox recording of The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov. (Translated by Robert Edward Crozier Long.) Aspiring academic Andrei Kovrin, while summering in the countryside per the advice of a physician, is haunted by the apparition of a black monk that appears only to him and encourages him in his intellectual pursuits. The Black Monk thus introduces the theme of the ruined orchard that Chekhov would later use in his play The Cherry Orchard. As Rayfield argues, the orchard is "wrecked as it passes from the old order to the new" or from an age of reason and restraint to one of chaos and selfishness. Anton Chekhov () was a Russian author of plays and short stories. Although Chekhov became a physician and once considered medicine his primary career, he gained fame and esteem through writing, ultimately producing a number of well-known plays, including The Seagull and Uncle Vanya, and a large body of innovative short stories that influenced the evolution of the form.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, Translator: Long, R. E. C. (Robert Edward Crozier), Title: The Black Monk, and Other Stories Contents: The Black Monk -- On the way -- A family council -- At home -- In exile -- Rothschild's fiddle -- A father -- Two tragedies -- Sleepyhead -- At the manor -- An event -- Ward No. 6. Language: English. The Black Monk. " The Black Monk " (Russian: Чёрный монах, romanized: Chyorny monakh) is a short story by Anton Chekhov, written in while Chekhov was living in the village of Melikhovo. It was first published in in The Artist, one of the leading Russian magazines on theater and music in the last quarter of the 19th century. Likewise, Chekhov's "black monk" led him to work and travel obsessively, despite the fact that he was severely ill with tuberculosis (and coughing up blood at times) through the 's. Miscellaneous First published:
0コメント