Abstract
This project aims to present as the object of its analysis Anton Chekhov's novella The steppe (!B5?L, translit.: "Stiep"), written and published in 1888, in Russia. The study of this work is motivated, firstly, by the high level of its aesthetic production, noticed from its first reading, and by Roberto Schwarz's observations in his essay "Misplaced ideas: essays on brazilian culture", fr…