Open AccessREFLECTIONS OF N. V. GOGOL ABOUT HIS TRAVELS IN RUSSIA AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF A. S. PUSHKIN’S LITERARY TRAVELS
Author(s) -
D. R. Goperhoeva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kulʹtura i tekst
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2305-4077
DOI - 10.37386/2305-4077-2021-2-47-54
Subject(s) - ignorance , russian literature , relation (database) , literature , history , philosophy , art , epistemology , computer science , database
The article discusses the attitude of A. S. Pushkin and N. V. Gogol to the journey and its description - a travelogue. The material for the analysis was “Travel to Arzrum during the campaign of 1829”, the article “Travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg” by Pushkin and the chapter “We need to travel around Russia” in “Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends” by Gogol, where travel topics are most fully presented. It is noted that Pushkin appreciated the travel genre for its versatility and the ability to combine different topics - both global and private. In contrast to him, Gogol argued that traveling around Russia and observing its life would help compatriots overcome ignorance in relation to themselves and the world around them. The differences in the approaches of Pushkin and Gogol are also conditioned by the fact that they appealed to travel topics in different periods of the development of travel literature in Russia.