The modernist tendencies in the novel Night Roads by Gaito Gazdanov Cover Image

Tendencje modernistyczne w powieści Gajto Gazdanowa „Nocne drogi”
The modernist tendencies in the novel Night Roads by Gaito Gazdanov

Author(s): Katarzyna Jastrzębska
Subject(s): Novel, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Gazdanov; Night Roads; personal narration; modernist novel; species heterogeneity;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes distinguishing characteristics of the novel Night Roads by Gaito Gazdanov. The main theme of the article is a typical for this novel personal narrative, i.e. where the narrator is a hero and a participant of the events at the same time. The analysis of narrative techniques of this novel is a starting point to determine the semantics of the novel, and simultaneously, it is a base for the thesis that the novel proves modern tendencies and has non-homogenous genre.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 169
  • Page Range: 162-179
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish