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Idyllic and Chaotic Chronotopes as Spatiotemporal Basis of The Squabble by N. Gogol

Павельєва, А.К.

The article considers idyllic and chaotic chronotopes as the spatiotemporal basis of “The Squabble” or “The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich” written by the Ukrainian writer Mykola Gogol. This short story, being the last one in the cycle “Mirgorod” is one of the most interesting ones as for chronotopical organization. The terms “chaotic chronotope” and “idyllic chronotope” are used in the article as specific spatio-temporal items, which form the chronotopical basis of the short-story and its plot-line. These two kinds of time and space combination are considered as the main ones in the whole cycle “Mirgorod.” Therefore, the author analyses socio-historical and chronicle-everyday chronotopes, mythological, cyclical, daily, calendar, socio-historical time; loci of the church, the puddle, the steppe space, chronotopic images of the house, wattle fence, the local court, the motive of food, spatial and temporal oppositions “present / past,” “external / internal space,” “closed / open space”; the sound filling of the space and its changes with the developing of the plot. The author also proves that the doings of the main characters are reflected at the spatial level and have spatial consequences and examines the author’s and the narrator’s points of view on the unravelling of the plot.

English

2022

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Knowledge Hub Publishing Company Limited – Hong Kong

Pavelieva A.K. Idyllic and Chaotic Chronotopes as Spatiotemporal Basis of The Squabble by N. Gogol // Forum for World Literature Studies. – Hong Kong : Knowledge Hub PCL, 2022 – Vol.14, No.3. – P. 441-458.