Unit 1. Individual pathway. Literature. Pushkin's biographical persona by jenny

We finally start to learn about the origins of the Russian (or 'Rus" in Norsemen version from the far away 9th century) literate history. Firstly, let's take a look at the M. Barings perspective on genesis (from the appearance of the Slavic people in the early 7th century to Norsemen invasion in the 9th, both connected with the earliest and the most ancient pieces of literate history called sagas & 'byliny'). Also, this historical action chain leads to appearance of the ancient 'Rus' character pattern. Quotation from Baring 'In Russian sagas, the most popular hero is the peasant's son, who is despised and rejected, but at the critical moment displays superhuman strength and saves his country'. This pattern instantly reappears all around Russian literature, including state-of-the-art. Let's take a look at Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin' biographical persona, considered to be one of the founding fathers of the Russian literature. Here's podcast, being the first among the podcast series, dedicated to Pushkin's life