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Повесть Гоголя «Вий» и метасюжет о Медее (Еврипид, Сенека, Ахматова)
Gogol's Story "Viy" and Metaplot about Medea (Euripides, Seneca, Akhmatova)

Author(s): Sergei Shults
Subject(s): Novel, Russian Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Gogol; Euripides; Seneca; Akhmatova; Medea; Renaissance;

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper, Gogol’s story Vij is considered in the context of the metaplot about Medea (see Euripides and Seneca). The connection between the metaplot for Gogol and the Renaissance context is shown. For the sake of comparison, Akhmatova’s version of the Medea myth is also involved.

  • Issue Year: 63/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 387-397
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian