Résumé
Se Pushkin foi o grande poeta da literatura russa moderna, Nikolai Gogol foi o seu grande prosador e «Almas Mortas» o seu grande livro. Este escritor ucraniano imaginou uma grande obra épica que não só retratasse a Rússia como lhe delineasse o futuro. Imaginou essa obra em três tempos, à maneira de «A Divina Comédia», por esta ordem: o inferno, o purgatório, o paraíso. Pelas vicissitudes da sua vida e do seu percurso espiritual, Gogol ficou-se pelo inferno, ou seja, pelo volume de «Almas Mortas», obra que conta a chegada do vigarista Tchichikov a uma cidade provinciana da Rússia esclavagista com o intuito de comprar aos senhores da terra locais, para fins inconfessáveis, almas mortas (servos da gleba já falecidos, mas que ainda constavam dos registos de recenseamento como vivos).Estilo mordaz mas subtil, uma veia satírica e uma escrita moderna ainda hoje inimitáveis — é assim «Almas Mortas».
Auteur
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Nikolay Gogol, the author of the first great Russian novel of the 19th century, Dead Souls, as well as two classic plays and some of the finest short stories written in any language, was a true literary oddity. His peculiar, unhappy life and his uniquely dark comic sensibility have been consistently misunderstood by posterity, with critics fiercely debating his nationality, his religious beliefs, and even his sexuality. What has never been in doubt, however, is his immense literary talent which, while essentially sui generis, provided a template for the absurdist, surreal streak in Russian literature that continues to bear fruit to this day. Along with Alexander Pushkin, he also established a literary pattern for the depiction of St. Petersburg as a city of ambiguity and even monstrosity, life in which proves untenable for many of his long-suffering protagonists.Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol was born in Sorochyntsi, a Ukrainian Cossack village in what is now Ukraine's Poltava Oblast. His family were from the lower ranks of the gentry, his mother of Polish descent and his father a Ukrainian Cossack who wrote poetry and drama in Ukrainian. The family spoke both Ukrainian and Russian at home, and Gogol would later make a conscious choice to pursue a literary career in Russian rather than Ukrainian. He was educated at the Gymnasium of Higher Sciences in Nezhyn, a school founded as part of Alexander I's education reforms.
Auteur(s) : Nikolaï Gogol
Caractéristiques
Auteur(s) : Nikolaï Gogol
Publication : 29 août 2024
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Aucune (ePub)
Taille(s) : 1,09 Mo (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9789895620333
