Literature at school, 2019, № 3

Abstracts and keywords

OUR SPIRITUAL VALUES

To the N.V.Gogol’s 200th anniversary

Y.V.LEBEDEV —
About Gogol’s Realism
Abstract. The article reveals the spiritual roots of N.V.Gogol’s realism.
Keywords: Gogol tradition, Christian anthropology, epic basis of the “Dead Souls”.

N.L.VINOGRADSKAYA, I.A.ZAITSEVA —
“How is everything and printing”.
About the N.V.Gogol’s Complete Academic Collection Works and Letters in 23 volumes
Abstract. The article deals with the N.V.Gogol’s Complete Academic Collection Works and Letters in 23 volumes, published by the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The main textual problems and approaches adopted in the publication arediscussed with specific examples. The need to study the different editions of the works is explained, a brief description of the content and objectives of the academic commentary is given.
Keywords: N.V.Gogol, N.V.Gogol’s Complete Academic Works and Letters in 23 volumes, textology, commentary, “Dead Souls”, “The Government Inspector”.

I.R.MONAKHOVA —
“The inner harmony has opened”.
The discussion between V.G.Belinsky and K.S.Aksakov about “Dead Souls”
Abstract. The article discusses the discussion in the press about the “Dead Souls” between V.G.Belinsky and K.S.Aksakov, which discussed the artistic originality of this work, the pathos of Gogol’s poem, the K.S.Aksakov’s idea about “Dead Souls” as a return of an ancient epic.
Keywords: N.V.Gogol, creativity, biography, “Dead Souls”, epic, K.S.Aksakov, V.G.Belinsky, controversy about the “Dead Soul”.

Y.V.MANN —
N.V.Gogol’s novel “The Nose”: removal of the fiction carrier.
Gogol and Kafka
Abstract. The article discusses the fundamental transformation of the romanticism tradition in the fiction. Gogol completely removed the carrier of fiction — a personalized embodiment of surreal power in his novel “The Nose”. The continuation of the tradition of Gogol in the works of Kafka is also revealed.
Keywords: veiled fiction, forms of disclosing secrets, seriously comic, comic; the novel “The Nose” by Gogol and Kafka’s “Transformation” — similarities and differences.

Nikita NEMTSEV —
The theme of madness in the “Notes of a Madman” by N.V.Gogol and in the S.D.Krzhizhanovsky’s “Autobiography of the Corpse”
Abstract. The article is devoted to a comparative study of the noted works. S.D.Krzhizhanovsky marked Gogol traditions and originality in his work.
Keywords: Gogol, Krzhizhanovsky, madness, notes, frame composition, comedy.

E.S.ROGOVER —
Gogol’s novel “The Diary of a Madman”
Abstract. The article features one of the stories of the “Arabesque” collection. It establishes its connection with the romantic literature and the theme of the “little man”. The state of madness is interpreted as a reflection of the peculiarities of Nikolas I reality. The originality of the construction of the work, the stages of the hero’s madness and the genre form found by the author are considered.
Keywords: theme of madness in literature, author’s presence, construction and structure of the work, department, monologue, vulgarity of judgment, oxymoron, comic, tragic, dramatization

L.I.SAZONOVA —
Medieval novel about the artist and Gogol’s novel “Portrait”
Abstract. Medieval culture attracted Gogol’s by its high moral value. In the novel “Portrait” Gogol uses literary motifs and iconographic themes that were developed in the Middle Ages. The story also experienced the influence of the ideas of the Italian Renaissance (Raphael) and romanticism.
Keywords: Gogol, story, artist, icon painter, the Middle Ages, Virgin miracle, Raphael, Madonna, romanticism.

SEARCH. EXPERIENCE. SKILLS

V.F.CHERTOV —
N.V.Gogol in school: a comparative-historical aspect
Abstract. The purpose of this article — to consider the main stages of school development of N.V.Gogol works (pre-revolutionary, soviet, modern) and compare the main problems of the study, the criteria for the selection of works, approaches to their analysis. The main sources used by the authors: curricula, programs, textbooks and manuals, as well as scientific literature, memoirs. The article summarizes the experience of studying literary texts of N.V.Gogol at different stages of literary education (single stories, the comedy «Auditor», the poem «Dead Souls»); the main methodological problems associated with the comprehension of the writer’s artistic world are identified; the list of works included in school programs and textbooks is noted; their educational potential is determined.
Keywords: N.V. Gogol, literary education, comparative historical aspect, traditions, reading, analysis, modern approaches.

Lessons

T.A.KALGANOVA —
Study of the N.V.Gogol’s novel “Before Christmas”.
Materials for the lesson. VIth Grade
Abstract. The article offers material for reading and analyzing Gogol’s works based on the scientific research, but adapted to the age-related cognitive abilities of 6th-graders.
Keywords: Christmas, Christian, folk rituals, folk culture of laughter, overpowering evil forces, publisher, author, narrator, humor and satire.

E.I.BELOUSOVA —
Comments on studying the N.V.Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector-General”
Abstract. The article considers the possibility of using comments at different stages of studying N.V.Gogol’s comedy.
Keywords: comments, perception, students’ reading activity, historical and cultural epoch, commenting on the text, student-reader.