What are some of Gogol’s novels?

"Dead Souls"

Creation Chronology

In 1829, he published the long poem "Hans Gushegaton" at his own expense;

< p>From 1831 to 1832, he published the first and second volumes of "Dikonka's Evening Nights in the Countryside";

In 1835, he published "Mirgrad";

Between 1835 and 1841, the "Stories of Petersburg" was published, including "Diary of a Madman", "The Overcoat", etc.;

In December 1835, the satirical comedy "The Imperial Envoy" was completed and published in April 1836 Performed for the first time; In 1836, Gogol published the satirical comedy "The Imperial Envoy" (also translated as "The Inspector");

In 1841, he completed the first part of "Dead Souls" and published it in 1842;

In 1848, he began to write the second part of "Dead Souls". Later, he lived abroad for a long time and broke away from the domestic advanced literary circles. His thoughts changed and he turned to protecting and praising serfdom. He was severely condemned by Belinsky. He attempted to continue writing a second installment of "Dead Souls" but was ultimately unsuccessful.

In 1852, he burned his manuscripts while ill and died soon after.

Introduction to excellent works

[The Imperial Envoy]

It changed the Russian theater world at that time, which was filled with shallow ideas and vulgar techniques transplanted from France. Farce situation. "The Imperial Envoy" describes the playboy Khlestakov who lost everything in a bet and was at a loss. He was passing through a city in another province from Petersburg and was mistaken for the "Imperial Envoy". This caused panic among the local officials and made many jokes. . Gogol used the mirror of comedy to reflect the ugly true colors of the dignitaries of the society at that time, thus exposing the darkness, decadence and absurd reaction of the Russian serfdom society.

[Dead Soul]

Describes the "scheming" speculator Chichikov who came up with a set of short-selling and plundering schemes in order to get rich. In and around N City, The landowners purchased the dead serfs who had not been canceled from the serf list at a low price, and used immigration as an excuse to apply for ownerless wasteland from the state. Then they mortgaged the acquired land and the list of dead serfs to the government to profit from it. The author presents a gallery of portraits of Russian provincial landowners through the process of Chichikov's visits to various landowners' estates. Through vivid descriptions of the ugly faces of landlords. The author convincingly shows that Russian serfdom has reached a dying stage, objectively reflecting the law of its inevitable demise due to the limitations of thinking. Gogol did not point out the way out for Russia, but "Dead Souls" shocked the whole of Russia with its "morbid history". Its significance and value lies in its ruthless exposure and criticism of Russia's feudal serfdom system, and its criticism is so profound that Gogol was the first among Russian novels, so "Dead Souls" has always been considered a 19th-century Russian novel. The founding work of critical realist literature.

[Diary of a Madman]

The artistic conception is unique. What appears in front of the reader are the correspondence between a madman and a dog, and several diaries in an absurd form. The protagonist of the novel is an insignificant, law-abiding little civil servant who is heavily oppressed by class society, insulted and ravaged everywhere, and is finally driven crazy. "Coat" is about a lowly official whose only joy in survival is his desire to save some money to make a coat. Unexpectedly, the new coat was snatched away as soon as he put it on. This incident turned into a joke, and the protagonist finally died with hatred. Although Lu Xun and Gogol's "Diary of a Madman" have some similarities or similarities in genre, form and expression methods, Lu Xun only borrowed from them in form. The two madmen look like gods. In terms of the depth of ideological content, Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman" is beyond the reach of Gogol. Both use "dogs as metaphors for people" and both shout "save the children", but they are similar in form and substance, and there are some essential differences in thinking and creation.