"Taras on Parnassus": a brief summary. Konstantin Verenitsyn "Taras on Parnassus"

"Taras on Parnassus" is a satirical work of classical Belarusian literature of the 19th century. The authorship of the poem is still controversial, but most scholars are inclined to believe that it belongs to the pen of Constantine Verenitsyn. This article presents the poem "Taras on Parnassus" (summary).

The work was enthusiastically accepted by many writers of the time. Mikhail Bogdanovich, a Belarusian poet, spoke particularly well of him. He said that the poem is written in a living language and accurately emphasizes the whole truth about Russian literature and the place in it of many of the writers mentioned.

"Taras on Parnassus" in shortening

The summary begins with the description of the protagonist. He is the forester Taras. Man, he was responsible and honest, no one swore and did not abuse alcohol. Taras was very fond of his work, and even at night, when he did not sleep, he went to guard the forest.

Somehow happened with the forester story. Early in the morning he went hunting to shoot black grouse. Hearing a sound and thinking that it was a bird, he ran and ran into a bear. By some miracle, having avoided the attack, Taras found himself in the next world. The astonished forester did not believe his eyes, a wonderful world opened before him: the birds sang around, the flowers pleased the eye. Suddenly, out of nowhere appeared curly chubby boy with a bow and arrows on his shoulder. When asked by Taras about where he was, the child replied that there was a road from the next world directly to the sacred mountain. What happened next, you will learn by reading the summary. "Taras on Parnassus" is a work that glorifies the Belarusian literature of that period and denounces some critics.

Sacred mountain

The forester, never having gotten help from the boy in the search for a way, went to where the eyes are looking. Taras walked for a long time and finally saw Parnas in front of him. A lot of people were crowded around the mountain, everyone had the full hands of books and magazines. Everyone wanted to go upstairs and for this purpose was ready to tear the others to shreds. The author makes a special allusion to the presence of Bulgarin (editor of the journal Severnaya Bchela), his companion Grech and Russian writer Sologub. The work "Taras on Parnassus," a summary of which is presented in this article, is of a diatribe character. Let's move back to the world of the poem.

Suddenly, everyone was silent for a moment. Four writers appeared (Pushkin, Gogol, Zhukovsky and Lermontov), without any effort, freely and with dignity, flew to the sacred mountain.

Abode of the Gods

With great difficulty Taras also climbed to the top. The first thing he saw was a huge house. Around him was a large courtyard, on which grazing cattle. Entering the house, Taras surprised to notice that the house is full of gods, nowhere there were no vacant places. Each of them was engaged in their own business: Neptune repaired the network and watched the children, Saturn wove the bast shoes, the goddesses washed the linens, Mars and Hercules fought, and Zeus basked on the stove. Beauty Venus was spinning in front of the mirror, and Cupid was flirting with the girls. This is how the summary describes everything that is happening. Taras on Parnassus decided to stay and observe what would happen next.

Feast

Suddenly, the mountain began to stagger. It turned out that this Zeus rolled over on the stove. He told everyone that it was time to eat. She quickly put the maid on the table and served the liquor. All the gods abandoned their business, gathered at a large and long table and began to eat. Geba, meanwhile, was taking out more and more new dishes: porridge, jelly, oatmeal pancakes, lard and other treats of predominantly Belarusian cuisine. Taras, after seeing so many dishes, also wanted to eat. By this time, all the gods had become intoxicated and began to sing, and Bach even started a boring ditties.

Dancing

The goddess, hearing the sounds of the pipe, started to dance. Round-necked slender Venus, Neptune with a nymph and Vesta with Jupiter - no one stayed aside. The gods danced, forgetting about age and decency. Even Mars so played out that he started playing with the nymphs and jumping. Everyone was happy, and those who were not able to dance, moved to sleep under the benches.

Taras so amused that he jumped out into the center and began to dance too. The forester danced so well that all the gods opened their mouths in surprise. And Jupiter could not resist, went up to Taras and asked where he was from and who. The forester answered that he was an ordinary person, but he did not know how he got here. And he told the gods of Taras on Parnassus a brief summary of what had happened to him. The gods learned that during the hunt he met a bear and was so frightened that he did not even understand how he found himself among them. Taras complained that during all this time he was very hungry. Zeus, hearing these words, gave a sign to Gebe, and she brought a forester a bowl of soup and bread. Taras, satisfied with his hunger, only thought it was time to go home, when suddenly two marshmallows grabbed him and dragged him to the same forest from which he came. This is an adventure experienced by Taras on Parnassus. The brief content of it certainly amused you.

Return to former life

After this incident, Taras changed a lot. Since then, he has not diligently protected his forest as before. If anyone tried to steal something, the forester did not interfere. He abandoned the habit of walking and guarding the forest at night.

Taras told everything that happened to him, only one person - the narrator, and he carefully wrote everything down.

The poem "Taras on Parnassus," the content of which we described above, is a striking example of classical Belarusian literature. This work is mandatory for reading in schools in this country.

Despite the controversy over authorship, scientists came to the common opinion that only a person deeply familiar with their own culture could have written the poem "Taras on Parnassus." In Russian it was first published in 1890, exactly one year after the first publication in the Minsk leaf.