The niilist activity between the real and the ficcional
The expirience of Sofya Kovalevskaya
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2018.149588Keywords:
Russian Nihilism, Genre and Literature, Women Writers, Russian RealismAbstract
This article aims to trace similarities between the life of the activist of Russian Nihilism and Mathematics researcher, Sofa Kovalevskaa, and the character Vera Barantsova, from her only fictional work, the novel Nihilist Girl (1890). Russian Nihilism was a prominent social phenomenon in the decade of 1860, which contributed to the dissemination of liberal ideas, such as the liberation of the serfs (which occurred in 1861) and the Female Question (Zhenskii Vopros, in Russian). The struggle of women during this period fell on three main themes: questions about marriage, an education that equates with men and professional participation in society. Sofya Kovalevskaya emerged as the protagonist in this political process and brought in her novel, strong elements of personal experience.
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