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Авдотья Панаева: проза женщины эпохи реализма
The article is devoted to a reassessment of Avdotya Panaeva’s literary legacy, presenting her as an independent writer and a significant figure in nineteenth-century Russian realism. The authors examine her work in the context of the development of women’s literature, public debates on women’s emancipation, and the activities of the circle surrounding Sovremennik, demonstrating that Panaeva was not merely a muse and memoirist but also a professional writer with her own artistic and social agenda. Particular attention is paid to the distinctive features of her prose, including its critique of gender inequality and male hypocrisy, its portrayal of family conflicts, its theatricality and didacticism, and its combination of diverse literary traditions. Focusing on the novels The Trifles of Life and A Woman’s Lot, the article analyzes Panaeva’s representations of women’s fate, the problems of marriage and female independence, and the search for new forms of relationships between men and women. Panaeva’s work is thus interpreted as an important, though long underestimated, part of the history of Russian realism and the nineteenth-century women’s literary movement.
