HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT OF PORTRAYING ZAPOROZHEAN COSSACKS IN EARLY PROSE OF N.V. GOGOL Cover Image

ИСТОРИКО-ЛИТЕРАТУРНЫЙ КОНТЕКСТ ИЗОБРАЖЕНИЯ ЗАПОРОЖЦЕВ В РАННЕЙ ПРОЗЕ Н. В. ГОГОЛЯ
HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT OF PORTRAYING ZAPOROZHEAN COSSACKS IN EARLY PROSE OF N.V. GOGOL

Author(s): Vladimir Denisov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: Gogol’s early creative work; Zaporozhean Cossacks; the history of Little Russia

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with distinctive features of portraying Zaporozhean Cossacks in Russian literature and journalism preceding Gogol. The reasons explaining the differences in portrayal and contradictory characteristics in Gogol’s early prose are studied.