3Toro eMy hcoôxoahmo noKa3aTb orpaHHneHHOCTb 3Toro BocneToro poMaHTH-K3MH repoa. CbiH cBoeñ snoxH, JlepMOHTOB He MoaceT h He xoneT cbccth k 3T0My CBOK) 3aflany. Oh c03HaTe;ibH0 H36npaeT acaHp poMaHranecKoii nosMbi, paMKH KOToporo CTpeMHTCH npeoaojieTb nyuiKHH, h6o stot acaHp n03B0JiaeT eMy pac-KpbiTb h noflnepKHyTb noTpacaiomyK) CHJiy xapaKTepa /JeMOHa, ero 3aMenaTeJibHbie nepTbi npoTecTaHra, ôopua npoTHB oòmecTBa.
    rioKa3biBaa cwjiy h KpacoTy ero MaTeaca, JlepMOHTOB npaMo OTBenaji Ha noTpeÒHOcTH CBoeñ snoxH — snoxM, nocjieaoBaBiueii 3a noAaBjieHHeM BoccTaHHa /ieKa6pncroB — Kor/ja nofloÒHbie, nycTb Aaace HHAHBHAyajiHCTHHecKH HacTpoeHHbie ôyHTapH, npHoôperajiH ocoôyio pojib, cocpeAOTaiHBaa h Bonjiomaa b ceôe CHJibi npoTecTa, 6yo.a co3HaHHe oômecTBa.
    /^OCTaTOHHO BCnOMHHTb B CBH3H C 3THM XapaKTepHCTHKy, AaHHyiO B. T. BeJIHH-CKHM apyroMy repoK) 30-x roAOB, IleHopHHy. B cTaTbe «repoii Hamero Bpe-MeHH » BejiHKHH KpHTHK nHcaji: « /lyx ero co3peji AJia hobhx nyBCTB h HOBbix AyM, cepAUe TpeôyeT hoboîî npnBH3aHHOCTn: deücmeumeAbHocmb — bot cym-HOCTb h xapaKTep Beerò 3Toro HOBoro. Oh totob am Hero; ho cyAböa eme He AaeT eMy hobmx onbiTOB h, npe3npaa cTapbie, oh Bce-TaKH no hhm »ce cyAHT o 5KH3HH... 3to nepexoAHoe cocToaHHe Ayxa, b Kotopom AJta nejiOBeKa Bce CTapoe pa3pyineHO, a hoboto eme HeT... »1
    HeTpyAHo yöeAHTbca, hto sth cJioBa eme b Gojibuieñ Mepe npHMeHHMbi k /JeMOHy, Hbe hcaobojibctbo, npoTecT, CBo6oAOjno6He m CTpeMjieHHe k HAeajiy
—	HMeHHO b CHJiy poMaHTHHecKoro MeTOAa — pacKpbiTO, KaK Mbi yöeAHJiHCb BbiLue, c orpoMHoii CHJioH. Eojibuie Toro, caMa cHjia yôeacAeHHocTH h ñatoca Be^HHCKoro b pa3BHTHw 3THX HAeH AOJiacHa 6biTb oßbacnena ero 3H3komctbom c H03M0H « fleMOH », 6jiH3ocTb repoa KOTopoii c newopHHbiM 6biJia AJia Hero HecoMHeHHa (KaK, AyMaeTca, h npeBocxoACTBo nepBoro HaA BTopbiM b HHTepe-cyiomeM Hac njiaHe), ho o KOTopoñ oh He Mor roBopwTb TorAa nenaTHo.
    Ho roBopa o CBoeo6pa3HH h CHJie poMaHTHHecKoii nosMbi JlepMOHTOBa, HeoöxoAHMO oTMeTHTb eme oahh, oneHb BaacHbiñ, acneKT. TaKwe b CHJiy hcto-pHKecKHx ycjioBHH, b cHJiy cBoeo6pa3Ha CBoeñ snoxH, CTpacTHo h 6ojie3HeHHo ncKaBmeìi HAeajia, 3aAbixaBuieHca 6e3 Hero, JlepMOHTOB He mot orpaHHHHTbca M3o6pa>KeHneM TaKoro repoa. FIost CTpeMHTca npoTHBonocTaBHTb eMy, ero noBe-AeHHK) B OÒmeCTBe HOBbie HOpMbI 5KH3HH H nOBeAeHHa — Bbipa3HTb CBOM nOJIO-acHTejxbHbiH HAeaji. A sto onaTb TaKH bo3mo>kho JiHuib b poMaHTHnecKOM npo-H3BeAeHHH.
    Bopb6a npoTHB Bora, TaK bmcoko noAHHMaiomaa ÆeMOHa, AeJiaiomaa ero TaKHM npeKpaCHblM, aBJiaeTCa HMeHHO pOMaHTHHeCKHM, CHMBOJIHHeCKH-OTBJie-HeHHblM BbipaaCeHHeM CHJTbl H KpaCOTbl npoTecTa JIHHHOCTH npoTHB Mpa4HbIX CHJI coBpeMeHHoro oômecTBa — npoTHB nopaGomeHna n HacHJiHa, jisch h jiHueMepHa, Ha KOTopbix ocHOBaHa BJiacTb rocnoACTByromnx b oGmecTBe chjt. He cjiynaiiHO b peajiHCTHHecKOM poMaHe «Tepofi Haiuero BpeMeHH », b 6jth3kom k ¿eMOHy o6pa3e IleHopHHa stot npoTecT BbipaaceH HaMHoro cjiaöee. TaK we oöctoht AeJio m c H3o6pa»ceHHeM HAeajia. Bbime Mbi yKa3ajiw Ha npoTHBopeHHBocTb h TyMaH-HocTb b n3o6pa>KeHHH SToro HAeajia, ero cyryòo chmbojihhcckhh, aöcTpaKTHbiß xapaKTep. B CBoeM peajiHCTHHecKOM poMaHe JlepMOHTOB npocTO cHHMaeT H3o-6paaceHHe SToro HAeajia, b cootbctctbhh c npiieMOM, xapaKTepHbiM AJia Kpw-THHecKoro peajiH3Ma, AOHoca ero 0rpnuaTejTbH0, nepe3 K3o6pa>Kenne h KpHTHKy nopoHHbix, ypoAJiHBbix aBjteHHii AeiicTBHTejibHOCTH. 3Aecb »ce, nojib3yacb CBoe-
     1	B. T. BeJiHHCKHÌi, rioAHoe coóp. con., t. IV, ctp. 253.
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