Nikolai Gogol and the laws of the Russian Empire: on the unity of the writer’s heritage

Два века русской классики

Igor’ A. Vinogradov¹ 

[1] A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

关键词: nikolai gogol;    biography;    creative work;    social ideology;    law;    legislation;    legality;    spiritual heritage;   

DOI  :  10.22455/2686-7494-2020-2-2-66-133

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The direction of Nikolai Gogol's activity as a satire writer, which is one for all genres and periods of his creative work, – to follow, in a critical reflection of reality, the contemporary laws of the Russian Empire and the principles of the Church, government decisions that play the key role in an Orthodox power, – is analysed for the first time. It is stressed that Nikolai Gogol's desire to devote himself to justice, which was born in school years, he had carried through all his life. The writer considered to be upbringing, “legislative” one for contemporaries, his own creative work as well as the legacy of Homer, Gavrila Derzhavin, Denis Fonvizin, Alexander Griboyedov; he created every work without exception, according to his own confessions, as a support for the “truthful laws” of the state and the Church. Reminiscences with the “Full Collection of Laws of the Russian Empire” of the first cycle “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka” collection “Mirgorod”, “St. Petersburg” stories, “The Government Inspector”, “Dead Souls”, comedy “The Gamblers” and other works by Nikolai Gogol are consistently traced in our work. Government decrees reflected in the works of Nikolai Gogol, include laws on superstition, on drinking, on wine kickbacks and on corchemism, orders on underperformance, decrees on “audit of souls” and “audit of cases”, restraining decrees on bribes, usury, luxury, smuggling, debauchery, card game and all things.

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