Two centuries of the Russian classics Two centuries of the Russian classics 2686-7494 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2025-7-3-88-103 Research Article Articles Conflictology of Family Life in the Works of Kokhanovskaya (N. S. Sokhanskaya) Fetisenko Olga L. red@rusklassika.ru 25 09 2025 7 3 88 103 Kokhanovskaya N. S. Sokhanskaya Russian literature stories family theme typology of plots “positive literary school.” Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The work of Kokhanovskaya (N. S. Sokhanskaya) contains rich material that significantly complements the idea of how the theme of family is revealed in Russian literature. The article examines her stories from the 1840s to the 1860s in connection with this particular topic. Kokhanovskaya depicted many ideal families in her works, but the author of the article focuses on how these stories show the diversity of family conflicts: sometimes in a tragic, sometimes in a comic way, sometimes melodramatically or in the tradition of realism. The variety of plot collisions and genres does not interfere with maintaining fidelity to the Christian worldview. Her heroes overcome all conflict situations with patience, the memory of God, and the ability to take a step towards another person. This serves as the best confirmation of the concept that Kokhanovskaya belongs to a rare “positive direction” in Russian literature. 1. Annenkova, E. I. “Slavianofily i Gogol: kontseptsiia lichnosti i obshchestva” [“Slavophiles and Gogol: The Concept of Personality and Society”]. Annenkova, E. I. Gogol i russkoie obshchestvo [Gogol and Russian Society]. St. Petersburg, Rostok Publ., 2012, pp. 299–352. (In Russ.) 2. Viktorovich, V. A. “Uroki odnoi sud’by” [“Lessons from One Destiny”]. Kolomenskii almanakh, issue 22, 2018, pp. 235–240 (In Russ.) 3. Kunil’skii, D. A. “Imia Kokhanovskoi v polemike pochvennikov i slavianofilov” [“The Name of Kokhanovskaya in the Controversy Between the Pochvenniks and Slavophiles”]. Uchenye zapiski Petrozavodskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, no. 1 (154), 2016, pp. 68–73. (In Russ.) 4. Mel’nik, V. I. “Problema ideal’noi sem’i v trilogii I. A. Goncharova” [“The Problem of the Ideal Family in the Trilogy by I. A. Goncharov”]. Dva veka russkoi klassiki, vol. 6, no. 1, 2024, pp. 146–169. https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2024-6-1-146-169 (In Russ.) 5. Platonova, N. N. Kokhanovskaia (N. S. Sokhanskaia). 1823–1884: Biograficheskii ocherk [Kokhanovskaya (N. S. Sokhanskaya). 1823–1884: Biographical Essay]. St. Petersburg, Senatskaia tipografiia Publ., 1909. 234 p. (In Russ.) 6. Fetisenko, O. L. Kokhanovskaia: “Stepnoi tsvetok” russkoi slovesnosti: Teksty i konteksty N. S. Sokhanskoi [Kohanovskaya: “The Steppe Flower” of Russian Literature. Texts and Contexts by N. S. Sokhanskaya]. St. Petersburg, Pushkin House Publ., 2021. 424 p. (In Russ.) 7. Fetisenko, O. L. “ʽSvetlym russkim vzgliadom oglianut’sia vokrug’: Kokhanovskaia (N. S. Sokhanskaia) i ee ʽgalereia portretov’.” [“ʽTo Look Around with Bright Russian Gaze’: Kokhanovskaya and Her ʽGallery of Portraits’.”] Tekst i traditsiia: Almanakh [Text and Tradition: Almanac], vol. 11. St. Petersburg, Rostok Publ., 2023, pp. 43–59. https://doi.org/10.31860/978-5-94668-388-3-43-59 (In Russ.) 8. Fetisinko, O. L. “U istokov ʽpolozhitelnogo napravleniia’ v russkoi literature: Kohanovskaia (N. S. Sokhanskaia) i S. T. Aksakov” [“At the Origins of Russian ʽPositive Literary School’: Kokhanovskaya (N. S. Sokhanskaya) and S. T. Aksakov”]. Traditsii i sovremennost’, no. 32, 2023, pp. 21–29. https://doi.org/10.33876/2687-119X/2023-32/21-29 (In Russ.)