/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15223466]

>it's another episode of Russian novelists writing a gun duel scene
Why is this so prevalent in russian literature? I've read 3 different novels and they all have gun duels.

[Anonymous No.15223481]

>>15223466
It was a big thing, Pushkin and Lermontov both died from duels

[Anonymous No.15223497]

>>15223466
There wasn't much to do in 19 century Russia except drinking, gambling, and shooting each other

[Anonymous No.15223505]

>>15223466
It's a pretty common 19th century European plot device. You'll find it in German, French, and Italian authors, as well as English authors whose stories are set in Europe.

[Anonymous No.15223625]

because it's more high-iq than fisty-cuffs
>Generally speaking, the taste for brutality now seems to be ingrained in the American mindset. It is true that the most brutal of all sports, boxing, originated in England, but it is in the United States that its most aberrant forms have developed, and it is there that it has become the object of a collective obsession, soon transmitted to other nations. Concerning the taste for getting into fights and coming to blows in the most savage manner it is enough, though, to consider the greater part of American films and popular detective stories: vulgar fist-fighting is a constant theme, evidently because it corresponds to the tastes of American audiences and readers, for whom it seems to be the symbol of true masculinity. America, the world leader, has, on the other hand, more than any other nation relegated the traditional duel to the status of ridiculous European antiquated rubbish. The duel is a method of settling disputes, following strict rules, without resorting to the primitive brute force of the mere arm and fist. There is no need to point out the striking contrast between this American trait and the ideal behavior of the English gentleman, despite the fact that the English made up a component of the original people of the United States - Evola