THE HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE: IMPRESSIONISM IN “AN ARTIST’S STORY” AND CHEKHOV’S SHORT STORY
Journal: RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
Year: 2017

In the context of the ongoing discussion on the issue &ldquo;Anton Chekhov and impressionism&rdquo; authors analyze Chekhov&rsquo;s &ldquo;The House with the Mezzanine (An Artist&rsquo;s Story)&rdquo;, where the protagonist and narrator is an unnamed impressionist painter. The features of Chekhov&rsquo;s poetics, such as narrative construction, chronotope, literary psychologism, are examined.For the first time a possible relationship between Chekhov&rsquo;s works and ideas of German psychologist