The hero of a literary work. Literary work character

Let's answer the question: "Who are the heroes?" Beginning with early years our lives, we listen to stories about brave warriors, people who accomplished feats, about those who saved human lives dogs and other animals. In our minds, a hero is a brave, selfless person who is ready to help at any moment. They admire him, they praise him, they talk about him... This is who heroes are, according to many. To ordinary people far from them. But is it?

Heroes are ordinary people

In fact, heroes are essentially ordinary people. The only thing that sets them apart from the rest is their purpose in life. A hero always has a goal to live for the sake of others. Such people never do anything for themselves. They see the essence human existence, suffering, problems of our kind, it hurts them to look at unemployment, poverty, disease, war and hunger. That's who they are. Heroes are people living among us; under certain conditions and desire, anyone can get closer to them.

Distinctive features of heroes

A hero does not seek glory. She finds it herself. He simply lives as he thinks is right, his conscience is unshakable and clear. Heroes are not always accepted and recognized. They always have many envious people who strive to destroy them or set them up. However, they endure all troubles with a smile, without losing faith in the best for all of us. So, we have answered the question: "Who are the heroes?" However, the topic can be discussed in more detail. Exist Various types heroes. We invite you to get to know them better.

Heroes of our time

As you know, each era is characterized by its heroes. Who are the heroes of the time, and what is “our time” in general? Goethe once said through the mouth of Faust that the spirit of the time is “the spirit of professors and their concepts.” Perhaps there really is no time with its spirit, but there is only us with our dreams and ideals, ideas, fashion, opinions and other “cultural baggage”, impermanent and changeable. We, wandering from the past to the future following someone...

The heroes of our time can be both specific individuals and fictional characters, collective images, which appeared thanks to literature, cinema or folklore. For example, Pechorin was such a hero. This is the image created by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, a man with a strong inner world, opposing the dullness of society with a bright personality.

Origin of the word "hero"

The word "hero" itself comes from Ancient Greece. Translated, it means “guardian”, “protector”, etymologically connected with the name of Hera, the patron goddess of vows and marriage. A similar concept in Latin means "to keep the whole."

A mythological hero is usually the son of an immortal father and a mortal mother. A typical example is Hercules. He was born on earth and after numerous trials returned to his immortal father, having finally overcome earthly, mortal nature. With his exploits, Hercules showed the way to humanity.

That's who he is a real hero. His distinguishing feature- huge physical strength. Physical strength has also always been held in high esteem in Russian culture. Every person living in Russia knows who he is epic hero. Even a child can tell what qualities Russian heroes had.

The different meanings that are attached to the concept of “hero” today

Today we use the word “hero” in a variety of meanings, which are sometimes very far from the original ones. There are, for example, heroes of war and labor, theatrical, book, cinematic, lyrical and tragic. This concept has changed, but is not outdated. There is still something living within us that forces the soul to look for guidelines in this world. In such role models, as if in focus, everything valuable and best that we ourselves strive for is collected. Therefore, speaking about what heroes we have today, we can also judge about us, about the values that are dear and important to us.

Literary hero

Who is a hero in literature? This person is multifaceted and complex. It has two appearances - internal and external.

The appearance is created by the following components:

Portrait. This is a figure, face, body features that distinguish the hero from the rest (for example, Karenin’s ears or Quasimodo’s hump).
Clothing that can also reflect the traits of a particular character.
Speech. Her features, no less than her appearance, characterize the hero.
Age, which determines the potential for certain actions.
A profession that shows the degree of socialization and the position in society of a particular hero.
Life story. This is information about his parents, the country in which he lives, which gives historical specificity to the hero.
The components of the internal appearance are as follows:

Ethical beliefs and worldview that provide value guidelines and bring meaning to the hero’s existence.
Attachments and thoughts that outline his diverse mental life.
Faith (or lack thereof), which determines the attitude towards the church and God, presence in the spiritual field.
Actions and statements denoting the results of interaction between the spirit and soul of a certain hero. He can not only love, reason, but also analyze his activities, realize own emotions, in other words, to reflect. The author of this or that literary work artistic reflection allows us to identify the hero’s self-esteem as an individual and characterize his attitude towards himself.

You can talk about who heroes are for quite a long time. However, we will limit ourselves to the above. These, in our opinion, are the most significant points worth remembering.

Hero of a literary work - actor V work of art, possessing distinct character traits and behavior, a certain attitude towards other characters and life phenomena shown in the work.

A hero is often called any multifaceted character depicted in a work. Such a main character or one of the main characters can be a positive artistic image, a positive hero, expressing the traits of advanced person of his time and evokes in the reader the desire to become like him, to follow him in life. Positive heroes are many heroes of works of art by Russian classics, for example: Chatsky, Tatyana Larina, Mtsyri, Taras Bulba, Insarov and others. Heroes for a number of generations of revolutionaries were the heroes of the novel by N. G. Chernyshevsky “What is to be done?” - Vera Pavlovna and Rakhmetov, the hero of A. M. Gorky’s novel “Mother” - Pavel Vlasov.

The main or one of the main characters can also be a negative image, in the behavior and experiences of which the writer shows people with backward or reactionary views hostile to the people, causing anger and disgust with their attitude towards their homeland, towards people. Such a negative artistic image helps to understand reality more deeply, shows what the writer condemns and thereby what he considers positive in life, arouses the desire to fight the negative phenomena in it.

Russian classic literature created a number of negative images: Chichikov, Plyushkin, Khlestakov and others in the works of N.V. Gogol, Karenin (“Anna Karenina” by L.N. Tolstoy), Judushka Golovlev (“The Lord Golovlevs” by M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin), Mayakin , Vassa Zheleznova, Klim Samgin and others in the works of A. M. Gorky.

Soviet writers created a gallery of new goodies, in the image of which the features of a person in a socialist society are reflected.

Such, for example, are Chapaev and Klychkov in the works of D. Furmanov, Levinson and others in A. Fadeev’s novel “Destruction”, communists and underground Komsomol members in his novel “The Young Guard”, Davydov (“Virgin Soil Upturned” by M. A. Sholokhov) , Pavel Korchagin and his comrades in N. Ostrovsky’s work “How the Steel Was Tempered”, Basov (“Tanker “Derbent”” by Y. Krymov), Vorobyov and Meresyev in “The Tale of a Real Man” by B. Polevoy and others. Along with this Soviet writers(A. A. Fadeev, A. N. Tolstoy, M. A. Sholokhov, L. M. Leonov and others) created a number of negative images - White Guards, kulaks, fascists, adventurers, fake people, etc.

It is clear that in literature, as in life, a person appears in the process of growth, in development, in the struggle of contradictions, in the interweaving of positive and negative properties. Therefore, we meet in literature a wide variety of characters, which we only ultimately classify as positive and positive. negative images. These concepts express the most sharply differentiated types of images. In almost every given literary work they receive specific embodiment in the most various forms and shades. It should be emphasized that in Soviet literature, the most important task of which is to depict the advanced fighters for communism, creating the image of a positive hero is of primary importance.

It would be more correct to call a hero only the positive hero of the work - a character whose actions and thoughts can be, from the writer’s point of view, an example of behavior for a person. Unlike the positive heroes, it is better to call other people depicted in works artistic images, characters or, if they do not influence the development of events in the work, characters.

Who it literary character? We devote our article to this issue. In it we will tell you where this name came from, what literary characters and images are, and how to describe them in literature lessons according to your desire or the teacher’s request.

Also from our article you will learn what an “eternal” image is and what images are called eternal.

Literary hero or character. Who is this?

We often hear the concept of “literary character”. But few can explain what we are talking about. And even schoolchildren who have recently returned from a literature lesson often find it difficult to answer the question. What is this mysterious word “character”?

It came to us from ancient Latin (persona, personnage). The meaning is “personality”, “person”, “person”.

So, a literary character is an active person. We are mainly talking about prose genres, since images in poetry are usually called " lyrical hero".

It is impossible to write a story or poem, novel or story without characters. Otherwise, it will be a meaningless collection of, if not words, then perhaps events. The heroes are people and animals, mythological and fantastic creatures, inanimate objects, for example, Andersen’s steadfast tin soldier, historical figures and even entire nations.

Classification of literary heroes

They can confuse any literature connoisseur with their quantity. And it’s especially hard for secondary school students. And especially because they prefer to play their favorite game instead of doing homework. How to classify heroes if a teacher or, even worse, an examiner demands it?

The most win-win option: classify the characters according to their importance in the work. According to this criterion, literary heroes are divided into main and secondary. Without the main character, the work and its plot will be a collection of words. But if we lose minor characters, we will lose a certain branch storyline or expressiveness of events. But overall the work will not suffer.

The second classification option is more limited and is suitable not for all works, but for fairy tales and fantasy genres. This is the division of heroes into positive and negative. For example, in the fairy tale about Cinderella, poor Cinderella herself is a positive hero, she evokes pleasant emotions, you sympathize with her. And here are the sisters and evil stepmother- clearly heroes of a completely different type.

Characteristics. How to write?

Heroes of literary works sometimes (especially in a literature lesson at school) need a detailed description. But how to write it? The option “once upon a time there was such a hero. He is from a fairy tale about this and that” is clearly not suitable if the assessment is important. We will share with you a win-win option writing characteristics of a literary (and any other) hero. We offer you a plan with brief explanations of what and how to write.

Introduction. Name the work and the character you will talk about. Here you can add why you want to describe it.
The place of the hero in the story (novel, story, etc.). Here you can write whether he is major or minor, positive or negative, a person or a mythical or historical figure.
Appearance. It would not be amiss to include quotes, which will show you as an attentive reader, and will also add volume to your description.
Character. Everything is clear here.
Actions and their characteristics in your opinion.
Conclusions.

That's all. Keep this plan for yourself, and it will come in handy more than once.

Famous literary characters

Although the very concept of a literary hero may seem completely unfamiliar to you, if you tell you the name of the hero, you will most likely remember a lot. Especially it concerns famous characters literature, for example, such as Robinson Crusoe, Don Quixote, Sherlock Holmes or Robin Hood, Assol or Cinderella, Alice or Pippi Longstocking.

Such heroes are called famous literary characters. These names are familiar to children and adults from many countries and even continents. Not knowing them is a sign of narrow-mindedness and lack of education. Therefore, if you don’t have time to read the work itself, ask someone to tell you about these characters.

The concept of image in literature

Along with character, you can often hear the concept of “image”. What is this? Same as the hero or not? The answer will be both positive and negative, because a literary character may well be literary way, but the image itself does not have to be a character.

We often call this or that hero an image, but nature can appear in the same image in a work. And then the topic of the examination paper can be “the image of nature in the story...”. What to do in this case? The answer is in the question itself: if we are talking about nature, you need to characterize its place in the work. Start with a description, add character elements, for example, “the sky was gloomy,” “the sun was mercilessly hot,” “the night was frightening with its darkness,” and the characterization is ready. Well, if you need a description of the hero’s image, then how to write it, see the plan and tips above.

What are the images?

Our next question. Here we will highlight several classifications. Above we looked at one - images of heroes, that is, people/animals/mythical creatures and images of nature, images of peoples and states.

Also, images can be so-called “eternal”. What's happened " eternal image"? This concept names a hero who was once created by an author or folklore. But he was so “characteristic” and special that after years and eras other authors write their characters from him, perhaps giving them other names, but that doesn’t make any difference changing Such heroes include the fighter Don Quixote, the hero-lover Don Juan and many others.

Unfortunately, modern fantasy characters do not become eternal, despite the love of fans. Why? What's better than this funny Don Quixote of Spider-Man, for example? It's difficult to explain this in a nutshell. Only reading the book will give you the answer.

The concept of "closeness" of the hero, or My favorite character

Sometimes the hero of a work or movie becomes so close and loved that we try to imitate him, to be like him. This happens for a reason, and it’s not for nothing that the choice falls on this character. Often a favorite hero becomes an image that somehow resembles ourselves. Perhaps the similarity is in character, or in the experiences of both the hero and you. Or this character is in a situation similar to yours, and you understand and sympathize with him. In any case, it's not bad. The main thing is that you only imitate worthy heroes. And there are plenty of them in the literature. We wish you to meet only with good heroes and imitate only the positive traits of their character.

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The word "hero" ("heros" - Greek) means a demigod or deified person.
Among the ancient Greeks, heroes were either half-breeds (one of the parents is a god, the other is a human), or outstanding men who became famous for their deeds, for example, military exploits or travel. But, in any case, the title of hero gave a person a lot of advantages. They worshiped him and composed poems and other songs in his honor. Gradually, the concept of “hero” migrated to literature, where it has stuck to this day.
Now, in our understanding, a hero can be either a “noble man” or a “worthless man” if he acts within the framework of a work of art.

The term “hero” is adjacent to the term “character”, and often these terms are perceived as synonyms.
Person in Ancient Rome they called the mask that the actor put on before the performance - tragic or comic.

A hero and a character are not the same thing.

A LITERARY HERO is an exponent of plot action that reveals the content of the work.

A CHARACTER is any character in a work.

The word “character” is characteristic in that it does not carry any additional meanings.
Take, for example, the term “actor.” It is immediately clear that it must act = perform actions, and then a whole bunch of heroes do not fit this definition. Starting from Papa Pippi Longstocking, the mythical sea captain, and ending with the people in “Boris Godunov”, who, as always, are “silent”.
The emotional and evaluative connotation of the term “hero” implies exclusively positive qualities = heroism\heroism. And then it will not fall under this definition yet more people. Well, how about, say, calling Chichikov or Gobsek a hero?
And so literary scholars are fighting with philologists - who should be called a “hero” and who a “character”?
Time will tell who will win. For now we will count in a simple way.

A hero is an important character for expressing the idea of a work. And the characters are everyone else.

A little later we’ll talk about the character system in a work of fiction, we’ll talk about the main (heroes) and secondary (characters).

Now let's note a couple more definitions.

LYRICAL HERO
The concept of a lyrical hero was first formulated by Yu.N. Tynyanov in 1921 in relation to the work of A.A. Blok.
Lyrical hero - the image of a hero in lyrical work, experiences, feelings, thoughts which reflect the author’s worldview.
The lyrical hero is not an autobiographical image of the author.
You can't say " lyrical character" - only a "lyrical hero".

THE IMAGE OF A HERO is an artistic generalization of human properties, character traits in the individual appearance of the hero.

LITERARY TYPE is a generalized image of human individuality, most characteristic of a certain social environment in certain time. It connects two sides - the individual (single) and the general.
Typical does not mean average. The type concentrates in itself everything that is most striking, characteristic of an entire group of people - social, national, age, etc. For example, the type of Turgenev girl or a lady of Balzac's age.

CHARACTER AND CHARACTER

IN modern literary criticism character is the unique individuality of a character, his inner appearance, that is, what distinguishes him from other people.

Character consists of diverse traits and qualities that are not combined by chance. Every character has a main, dominant trait.

Character can be simple or complex.
A simple character is distinguished by integrity and staticity. The hero is either positive or negative.
Simple characters are traditionally combined into pairs, most often based on the opposition “bad” - “good”. The contrast accentuates the merits of positive heroes and diminishes the merits of negative heroes. Example - Shvabrin and Grinev in “The Captain’s Daughter”
A complex character is the hero’s constant search for himself, the hero’s spiritual evolution, etc.
A complex character is very difficult to label as “positive” or “negative.” It contains inconsistency and paradox. Like Captain Zheglov, who almost sent poor Gruzdev to prison, but easily gave food cards to Sharapov’s neighbor.

STRUCTURE OF A LITERARY CHARACTER

A literary hero is a complex and multifaceted person. It has two appearances - external and internal.

To create appearance heroes work:

PORTRAIT. This face, figure, distinctive features physique (for example, Quasimodo’s hump or Karenin’s ears).

CLOTHING, which can also reflect certain character traits of the hero.

SPEECH, the features of which characterize the hero no less than his appearance.

AGE, which determines the potential possibility of certain actions.

PROFESSION, which shows the degree of socialization of the hero, determines his position in society.

LIFE STORY. Information about the origin of the hero, his parents/relatives, the country and place where he lives, gives the hero sensually tangible realism and historical specificity.

The internal appearance of the hero consists of:

WORLDVIEW AND ETHICAL BELIEF, which provide the hero with value guidelines, give meaning to his existence.

THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES that outline the diverse life of the hero’s soul.

FAITH (or lack thereof), which determines the presence of the hero in the spiritual field, his attitude towards God and the Church.

STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS, which indicate the results of the interaction of the soul and spirit of the hero.
The hero can not only reason, love, but also be aware of emotions, analyze own activities, that is, to reflect. Artistic reflection allows the author to identify the hero’s personal self-esteem and characterize his attitude towards himself.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

So, a character is a fictional animate person with a certain character and unique external characteristics. The author must come up with this data and convincingly convey it to the reader.
If the author does not do this, the reader perceives the character as cardboard and is not included in his experiences.

Character development is a rather labor-intensive process and requires skill.
Most effective way- this is to write down on a separate sheet of paper all the personality traits of your character that you want to present to the reader. Straight to point.
The first point is the hero’s appearance (fat, thin, blond, brunette, etc.). The second point is age. The third is education and profession.
Be sure to answer (first of all, to yourself) the following questions:
- how does the character relate to other people? (sociable\closed, sensitive\callous, respectful\rude)
- how does the character feel about his work? (hardworking/lazy, creative/routine, responsible/irresponsible, proactive/passive)
- How does the character feel about himself? (has a feeling self-esteem, self-critical, proud, modest, arrogant, vain, arrogant, touchy, shy, selfish)
- how does the character feel about his things? (neat/sloppy, careful with things/careless)
The selection of questions is not random. The answers to them will give a FULL picture of the character's personality.
It is better to write down the answers and keep them before your eyes throughout the entire work on the work.
What will it give? Even if in the work you do not mention ALL QUALITIES of a personality (for minor and episodic characters it is not rational to do this), then all the same, the author’s FULL understanding of his characters will be transmitted to the reader and will make their images three-dimensional.

ARTISTIC DETAIL plays a huge role in creating/revealing character images.

An artistic detail is a detail that the author has endowed with significant semantic and emotional load.
A bright detail replaces entire descriptive fragments, cuts off unnecessary details that obscure the essence of the matter.
An expressive, successfully found detail is evidence of the author’s skill.

I would especially like to note such a moment as CHOOSING A CHARACTER NAME.

According to Pavel Florensky, “names are the essence of categories of personal cognition.” Names are not just named, but actually declare the spiritual and physical essence of a person. They form special models of personal existence, which become common to each bearer of a certain name. Names are predetermined spiritual qualities, actions and even the fate of a person.

The existence of a character in a work of fiction begins with the choice of his name. It is very important what you name your hero.
Compare the options for the name Anna - Anna, Anka, Anka, Nyura, Nyurka, Nyusha, Nyushka, Nyusya, Nyuska.
Each of the options crystallizes certain qualities personality, gives the key to character.
Once you have decided on a character name, don’t change it (unnecessarily) as you go along, as this can confuse the reader’s perception.
If in life you tend to call your friends and acquaintances diminutively and disparagingly (Svetka, Mashulya, Lenusik, Dimon), control your passion in writing. In a work of art, the use of such names must be justified. Numerous Vovkas and Tankas look terrible.

CHARACTER SYSTEM

A literary hero is a person who is clearly individual and at the same time clearly collective, that is, he is generated social environment and interpersonal relationships.

It is unlikely that your work will feature only one hero (although this has happened). In most cases, the character is at the intersection of three rays.
The first is friends, associates (friendly relationships).
The second is enemies, ill-wishers (hostile relations).
Third - others strangers(neutral relationship)
These three rays (and the people in them) create a strict hierarchical structure or CHARACTER SYSTEM.
Characters are divided by the degree of author's attention (or the frequency of depiction in the work), the purposes and functions that they perform.

Traditionally, there are main, secondary and episodic characters.

The MAIN CHARACTER(s) are always at the center of the work.
The main character actively masters and transforms artistic reality. His character (see above) predetermines events.

Axiom – main character must be bright, that is, its structure must be spelled out thoroughly, no spaces are allowed.

SECONDARY CHARACTERS are located, although next to the main character, but somewhat behind, in the background, so to speak, of the artistic depiction.
The characters and portraits of minor characters are rarely detailed, more often they appear dotted. These heroes help the main characters to open up and ensure the development of the action.

Axiom – minor character cannot be brighter than the main thing.
Otherwise, he will pull the blanket over himself. An example from a related area. Film "Seventeen Moments of Spring". Remember the girl who pestered Stirlitz in one of the last episodes? (“They say about us mathematicians that we are terrible crackers.... But in love I am Einstein...”).
In the first edition of the film, the episode with her was much longer. Actress Inna Ulyanova was so good that she stole all the attention and distorted the scene. Let me remind you that there Stirlitz was supposed to receive important encryption from the center. However, no one remembered about the encryption; everyone reveled in the bright clownery of an EPISODIC (completely passable) character. Ulyanov, of course, is sorry, but director Lioznova completely accepted the right decision and cut this scene. An example to think about, though!

EPISODIC HEROES are on the periphery of the world of the work. They may have no character at all, acting as passive executors of the author's will. Their functions are purely official.

POSITIVE and NEGATIVE HEROES usually divide the system of characters in a work into two warring factions (“red” - “white”, “ours” - “fascists”).

The theory of dividing characters according to ARCHETYPES is interesting.

An archetype is a primary idea expressed in symbols and images and underlying everything.
That is, each character in the work should serve as a symbol of something.

According to the classics, there are seven archetypes in literature.
So, the main character could be:
- The protagonist – the one who “accelerates the action”, the real Hero.
- Antagonist – completely the opposite of the Hero. I mean, a Villain.
- Guardian, Sage, Mentor and Helper - those who assist the Protagonist

Minor characters are:
- A bosom friend – symbolizes support and faith in the Main Character.
- Skeptic - questions everything that happens
- Reasonable – makes decisions based solely on logic.
- Emotional – reacts only with emotions.

For example, Rowling’s Harry Potter novels.
The main character is undoubtedly Harry Potter himself. He is opposed by the Villain - Voldemort. Professor Dumbledore=Sage appears periodically.
And Harry's friends are the reasonable Hermione and the emotional Ron.

In conclusion, I would like to talk about the number of characters.
When there are many of them, this is bad, since they will begin to duplicate each other (there are only seven archetypes!). Competition among the characters will cause discoordination in the minds of the readers.
The most reasonable thing is to stupidly check your heroes by archetypes.
For example, in your novel there are three old women. The first is cheerful, the second is smart, and the third is just a lonely grandmother from the first floor. Ask yourself – what do they represent? And you will understand that a lonely old woman is superfluous. Her phrases (if there are any) can easily be conveyed to the second or first (old ladies). This way you will get rid of unnecessary verbal noise and concentrate on the idea.

After all, “The idea is the tyrant of the work” (c) Egri.

Hero of the work

one of the main characters in a work of art (as opposed to a character); the development of the character of the hero and his relationships with other characters play a decisive role in the development of the plot and composition of the work, in the disclosure of its themes and ideas.

"In epic and dramatic works human individuals are depicted with their inherent behavior, appearance, and worldview. These individuals are usually called either characters, or characters, or heroes of the work" (G.N. Pospelov).

"The right to special behavior (immoral, moral, crazy, unpredictable, strange - but always free from the obligations indispensable for stationary characters) is demonstrated by a long series literary heroes from Vaska Buslaev to Don Quixote, Hamlet, Richard III, Grinev, Chichikov, Chatsky" (Yu.M. Lotman).

Terminological dictionary-thesaurus in literary criticism. From allegory to iambic. - M.: Flinta, Science. N.Yu. Rusova. 2004.

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Books

Hero of our time. Prose and poetry (audiobook MP 3), M. Yu. Lermontov. Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov - Russian classic literature of the 19th century century, poet and writer, “the night luminary of Russian poetry.” The disc contains works that, having read them in school,...