Myth and history in eschatology of Gogol’s “Viy”
The article reveals the historical background of the eschatological final of the narrative «Viy» by N.V. Gogol. It is shown that personified historic decline of Cossacks in Homa Brutus is manifested in its infantilization leading the character and chthonic world of evil to total disaster. It is note...
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doaj-beefc56a9cf640c8a1651c09ed07e5a82020-11-25T02:04:00ZengSourthern Federal UniversityIzvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki1995-06402312-13432016-09-0120163263510.18522/1995-0640-2016-3-26-35Myth and history in eschatology of Gogol’s “Viy”Svetlana O. Egorova0Volgograd Аcademy of MIA, Volgograd, Russian FederationThe article reveals the historical background of the eschatological final of the narrative «Viy» by N.V. Gogol. It is shown that personified historic decline of Cossacks in Homa Brutus is manifested in its infantilization leading the character and chthonic world of evil to total disaster. It is noted that at the level of the poetics the traditional myth and folk situation of the meeting of the young man and the witch is translated by Gogol from the genre of true stories and fairy tales into the genre of ballads, reflecting the lyrical feelings of the character due to his connection with the «other» world.http://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/931Gogolmythstoryeschatologypersonified landinfantilization of a characterdecline of Cossacksfablefairy taleballade |
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Myth and history in eschatology of Gogol’s “Viy” |
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Sourthern Federal University |
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Izvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki |
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1995-0640 2312-1343 |
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The article reveals the historical background of the eschatological final of the narrative «Viy» by N.V. Gogol. It is shown that personified historic decline of Cossacks in Homa Brutus is manifested in its infantilization leading the character and chthonic world of evil to total disaster. It is noted that at the level of the poetics the traditional myth and folk situation of the meeting of the young man and the witch is translated by Gogol from the genre of true stories and fairy tales into the genre of ballads, reflecting the lyrical feelings of the character due to his connection with the «other» world. |
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Gogol myth story eschatology personified land infantilization of a character decline of Cossacks fable fairy tale ballade |
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