Fantasticul popular în nuvela „Vii” de N.V. Gogol
The folk imagery in N.V. Gogol's novel "Vij"
Author(s): Antoaneta OlteanuSubject(s): Novel, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Ukrainian Folklore; Russian Folklore; Gogol; novel Vij; demonic elements;
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the elements of folk imagery in Gogol’s novel Vij. It’s a common fact the huge influence of Ukrainian and Russian folklore in Gogol’s masterpieces and we tried to find out the folk roots of some motifs used by the Russian writer: demons, witches, vampires and so on, as one can read mainly in the novel above.
Journal: Romanoslavica
- Issue Year: XLVI/2010
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 189-198
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Romanian