Bir Delinin Guncesi-Oda

by Nikolai Gogol

Klasiklesmis Puskin, gercekci Tolstoy, tutucu Cehov; hepsi beklenmedik odak degistirmelerin oncusu olan, sozun yayginlistigi ve gizli anlamin ortaya ciktigi siradisi bir yazinsal anlayisa sahiptiler. Ama Gogol ile bu odak degisim sanatsal bir temel kazandi. Oyle ki geleneksel edebiyatin dolayli anlatimini kullanarak yazmaya her calistiginda, rasyonel fikirlere mantikla her yaklasisinda, olanca yetenegini kaybetti. Bir Delinin Guncesi adli olumsuz yapitinda oldugu gibi gercekten kendini sinirlamaktan vazgectiginde ve cehennemin kenarinda mutlu bir bicimde oyalandiginda Rusya'nin bugune kadar yetistirdigi en buyuk sanatci oldu. Vladimir Nabokov

158 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

People consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include The Overcoat (1842) and Dead Souls (1842).

Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.

Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , The Overcoat , and Nevsky Prospekt . Ukrainian upbringing, culture, and folklore influenced his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka .
His later writing satirized political corruption in the Russian empire in Dead Souls .