Biography Chekhovs childhood

The material was prepared together with the teacher of the highest category Ilyina Galina Sergeevna. The experience of the teacher of the Russian language and literature is 36 years old. The outstanding Russian playwright and master of modern story, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is known to the whole world. He described the life of Russia of his time, using a deceptively simple technique deprived of obsessive literary techniques, and is known as an outstanding representative of the Russian realistic school of the late 19th century.

Chekhov left a difficult childhood childhood a painful mark in the writer's memory. Anton Pavlovich was born on January 17 on January 29 in the port city of Taganrog of the Yekaterinoslav province now - the Rostov region. He was a third child out of six in the family. The writer’s grandfather was serfdom at one time, but thanks to hard work and frugality, he was able to buy freedom to his family.

Anton Chekhov’s father - Pavel Egorovich - raised his children in great severity. Having accumulated money, he opened a grocery shop in Taganrog. Helping his father in trade has become a compulsory occupation for his sons. But the merchant business did not cause much enthusiasm for Pavel Egorovich himself. He paid much more attention to church service and social activity. Children had to combine work in the grocery shop with study at the gymnasium, endless rehearsals in the church choir, prayers.

The excessive piety of his father turned into Anton subsequently with a disgust for religion. In addition, all the sons had to take possession of any craft. The future writer studied the tailor. Anton Pavlovich wrote about his childhood: “Despotism and lies distorted our childhood to such an extent that it was sickening and scary to remember. The despotism of criminal three times ...

”Chekhov’s childhood and youth passed mainly in his father’s shop, where he learned to observe the daily life of a simple Russian person. The boy could calmly sit for a long time and listen to the conversations of visitors, their gossip, complaints, a manifestation of joy and hope. The writer's ability to listen will be one of the most valuable skills of him as a narrator. The youth of the writer Pavel Egorovich wanted to see his children educated, pronouncing his life better and happier.

Therefore, they all attended a gymnasium, engaged in music with a specially hired teacher, and began to learn foreign languages ​​early. Anton Pavlovich first went to a Greek school in Taganrog for two years. The teacher of this educational institution was cruel, for the offenses he put in a corner knees for salt, beat the students with a ruler. When Chekhov turned 8 years old, he was transferred to a classic male institution - the Taganrog gymnasium, which gave excellent education and education.

At the end of eight grades, graduates could enter any university in the country without exams or even go to study abroad. Training in the gymnasium served as the beginning of his future activity for Anton Pavlovich. Here the vision of the world of classic begins to form, love of literature appears, the first small creative works come out of the pen. When Anton was 16 years old, significant changes occurred in his life.

Having ruined, his father transferred the whole family to Moscow, and the future writer remained to finish his studies in Taganrog alone. Freed from work in the store, Anton significantly improved his success in the teaching. Training in the gymnasium has become an important period on the path of maturation and the formation of personal qualities, the development of the spiritual foundations of the future writer.

It was these years that they provided Chekhov with a huge material for writing. The most colorful figures were subsequently described on the pages of his works. At the end of the gymnasium, the young man entered the medical faculty of Moscow University. This event marked the beginning of a new life - the student’s life. At the same time, trying to help the family financially, he begins to publish his short stories and feuilletons in magazines.

The theme of childhood at Chekhov Anton Pavlovich was of the opinion that it was not necessary to write specifically for children. Nevertheless, Chekhov himself touched the topic of childhood in several famous stories. For example, "white -faced" and "chestnut". In addition, many of his creations, published in adult magazines, are part of the Vanka, Boys, Children's Children's Reading Circle.

In works about children, the writer especially vividly showed his skill behind external well -being to see the confusion of feelings, a spiritual drama, invisible to the world.

The writer shows how adults quite often take out their discontent, resentment for failures on defenseless kids. Anton Pavlovich himself said the following about his childhood and youthful years: "As a child, I had no childhood." This did not stop at all, but rather helped the outstanding writer and playwright to create amazing and incredibly touching works. The most popular Marta materials for your class:.