https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1346199
https://doi.org/10.60056/Lit.2025.34.80-109
P. Chekhov’s Ecological Hypertext: Origin and Formation
Olga V. Spachil
Translated from Russian by Lydmil Dimitrov
Childhood in farms and villages of the Azov steppe, reading Russian classical literature, observation of natural phenomena in the Taganrog gymnasium, the Orthodox doctrine of the Apocalypse and human relationships with the entire created world are considered as key factors that influenced the formation of A. P. Chekhov’s ecological consciousness. The issues of forest conservation, careful attitude to the wealth of the animal and plant worlds are raised in many works of the writer, making up a kind of ecological hypertext. Correctly posed by Chekhov questions require immediate resolution in present day realities.
Keywords: A. P. Chekhov; ecology; ecological hypertext; Russian classical literature; Russian Orthodoxy
About the author: Olga V. Spachil – PhD, Assoc. Prof., English Philology Chair, Kuban State University (Krasnodar, Russian Federation). Author of “А. Р. Chekhov and Kuban” (2018), “The Fate of the Play: Tatyana Repina Ьу А. Р. Chekhov” (2022), author of academic papers on Russian and foreign literature. E-mail address: spachil.olga0@gmail.com
