The problem of the transformation of heroes in Gogol's Dead Souls and genre modifications of the picaresque novel (the aspect of historical poetics) Cover Image
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Проблема преображения героев в Мертвых душах Гоголя и жанровые модификации плутовского романа (аспект исторической поэтики)
The problem of the transformation of heroes in Gogol's Dead Souls and genre modifications of the picaresque novel (the aspect of historical poetics)

Author(s): Sergei Schulz
Subject(s): Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Gogol; Dead Souls; historical poetics; picaresque novel; transformation of the protagonist;

Summary/Abstract: From the point of view of historical poetics, the genre model of Gogol’s Dead Souls can be connected to variations of a picaresque novel (Aleman, Grimmelshausen, Sorel, Lesage, Narezhny, etc.). The author demonstrates the proximity of Dead Souls to picaresque novels presuming the possibility of change and transformation of the protagonist.

  • Issue Year: 60/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 435-450
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian