Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin
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antihero
character with psychological disorder
civil servant
fictional character
government clerk
literary character
protagonist
Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin is the psychologically tormented government clerk in Dostoevsky’s novella "The Double," whose life unravels when a confident doppelgänger appears and begins to usurp his identity.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antihero
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character with psychological disorder ⓘ civil servant ⓘ fictional character ⓘ government clerk ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Double
NERFINISHED
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The Double: A Petersburg Poem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith | his double ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employmentSector | Russian civil service ⓘ |
| familyName | Golyadkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Double (1846 novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
fantastic literature
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psychological novella ⓘ |
| givenName | Yakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDoppelganger | Golyadkin Junior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identityThreatenedBy | his doppelgänger ⓘ |
| keyThemeEmbodied |
alienation
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bureaucratic oppression ⓘ madness ⓘ split identity ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| name | Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explores instability of personal identity
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illustrates psychological breakdown in a bureaucratic environment ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character whose identity is usurped by a double ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
lack of self-confidence
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obsessive concern with social status ⓘ |
| occupation | titular councillor ⓘ |
| patronymic | Petrovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| psychologicalState |
anxious
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paranoid ⓘ psychologically tormented ⓘ socially insecure ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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