The discourse of education in the publicistic works by D. I. Fonvizin

Valeriy Yu. Merinov; Aleksandr P. Korochenskiy; Andrey V. Polonskiy; Svetlana V. Ushakova

doi:10.29051/el.v7iesp.8.16355

Authors

Valeriy Yu. Merinov Belgorod State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-1819
Aleksandr P. Korochenskiy Belgorod State University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0557-2203
Andrey V. Polonskiy Belgorod State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-8995
Svetlana V. Ushakova Belgorod State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8482-5226

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v7iesp.8.16355

Keywords:

Fonvizin, Enlightenment, Russian literature, Education, Social inequality, Authoritarianism

Abstract

The article examines the discourse of education in the publicistic works of the outstanding Russian writer and playwright D. I. Fonvizin, whose worldview was formed under the influence of the ideas of the Enlightenment, including the concept of S. Montesquieu about the predisposition of peoples to a particular type of political government. In the dramatic and journalistic work of the Russian satirist, two mutually exclusive educational and social ideals are clearly revealed: authoritarian-traditionalist and democratic. Fonvizin believed that it is the authoritarian model of society that is most suitable for countries such as France and Russia, so he paid great attention to the question of the qualitative difference between the elite and the subordinate segments of the population. The discourse of education and social inequality, which included, among other things, the demonstration and evaluation of various models of social behavior, legitimized the social privileges of the aristocracy, its right to rule and own slaves.

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