Czarist Russian Literature Background Questions

Czarist Russian Literature Name:__________________
Global Literature: Europe Unit

THE BIG QUESTIONS
1. Compare and Contrast the life of a peasant with the life of a noble in Czarist Russia in the following categories:
Peasant Nobleman

a. Food and Drink




b. Clothing





c. Work/working conditions





d. Clothing





e. Land rights






2. Who were the czars?






3. Why were they eventually overthrown?


4. Describe the writer Alexander Pushkin’s impact on arts in Czarist Russia.





5. Compare and contrast Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy – how they used literature and what they wrote about (you might want to use a Venn diagram).













6. Describe at least one major change in all of the following forms of art during the time of the czars:
a. Writing




b. Music




c. Dance




d. Painting




e. Theater