Regele Spaniei, un nas și o manta: problematica identitară în proza scurtă a lui Gogol
The king of Spain, the Nose and the Overcoat: the Problem of Identity in Gogol's Short Prose

Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to analyze the issue of identity as it unfolds in some of the best-known works of N.V. Gogol: Diary of a Madman, The Nose and The Overcoat. The protagonists of Gogol’s stories desire external validation and create their identity based on human interactions. Each of them experiences a dramatic identity crisis, resulting in a brush with death, yet the author emphasizes their roles in society’s machinery.

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