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Abstract
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This article discusses the motives of love, loneliness and suicide in the novels "The Sufferings of Young Werther" and "Bonu", as well as the peculiarities of the scientific study of the problem of psychology and the sentimental nature of the epistolary genre.
The motives of love, loneliness, and suicide are central to most epistolary novels. The sentimental nature of the epistolary genre, in which events are told in the language of the "I", serves to reveal these three motives in depth and depth.
Not only is the motive of love at the heart of "The Sufferings of Young Werther", but it is also this high human feeling that underlies the creation of the work. As has been repeatedly pointed out in Goethe studies, the 25-year-old writer combines his love affair with his friend's unfortunate past. At the same time, it should be noted that Goethe's novel, as a lofty example of German and European sentimentality in general, also placed the highest sense of man at the center of the work.
It known that in the European literature of the XVIII century the currents of Enlightenment classicism, Rococo and sentimentalism were predominant. According to researchers, eighteenth-century sentimentalism emerged under the influence of the Enlightenment and paved the way for the emergence of romanticism. The essence of sentimentalism is the glorification of the highest human values, such as emotion, empathy, and compassion.
Sentimentalists were more interested in the world of his thinking, his heart, and his state of mind than in the reality and the attitude of the protagonist towards him. It no coincidence that the epistolary genre developed during the same period of sentimentalism. In forms such as letters and diaries, the statement was made in first-person language, providing a convenient opportunity for confession and deep, heartfelt expression of feelings. Sentimentalism brought the motives of love and loneliness to the fore in "The Sufferings of Young Werther" both of which ultimately led the protagonist to suicide.
The plot of Goethe's novel is based on love intrigue. Although the fable is based on a real-life reality, it bears a resemblance to world-famous traditional love stories. In this "love triangle" rival - Albert is also a person worthy of Lotta, as Werther himself admits. Only from the outside. In fact, there is no spiritual intimacy between Albert and Lotta that unites Werther and Lotta. The cold pragmatism, boring calculations, and disregard for emotion and passion that are characteristic of Albert's character are proof of this. The fact that Albert and Werther are two different people is especially evident in the conversation in the suicide debate.
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