Abstract:

Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (1803-1869) XIX. It is one of the most important representatives of the Romantic flow in the Russian literature of the century. Odoyevsky remained under the influence of the German idealist philosophy and Schelling’s philosophy of nature. It reflects the Russian and Western culture. This is the reason why it is separated from the other writers of the time. Although he comes from a noble family, he criticizes the life of the Russian noble society in every way. One of the most common literary kinds of the 1830s is social stories (svetskaya povest). "Princess Mimi" (Knyajna Mimi, 1834) and "Princess Zizi" (Knyajna Zizi, 1839) are one of the social stories that Odoyevsky's art life was recorded during his maturity period. In this study, the rumor motivation in the stories mentioned according to the ethical understanding adopted by Russian thinker Odoyevsky will be treated as a sociological research phenomenon. In both stories, the influences of the rumor motivation will be presented in the lives of the female heroes with opposite character character characteristics, and the results of the attitude they have chosen against the rumors they are exposed to will be revealed later. In light of the obtained data, the moral corruption of the typical Russian noble society of the 1830s will be attempted to be transmitted through the rumor motivation.

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