Shinel’
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Shinel’ is the original Russian title of Nikolai Gogol’s classic short story “The Overcoat,” a foundational work of 19th-century Russian literature.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shinel’ canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ the little man in society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
Russian literature
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Overcoat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralOrMessage |
critique of social indifference
ⓘ
sympathy for the downtrodden ⓘ |
| hasRussianTitle | Шинель NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian realist prose ⓘ later Russian short fiction ⓘ |
| keyPlotElement |
acquisition of a new overcoat
ⓘ
ghostly revenge motif ⓘ protagonist’s death ⓘ theft of the overcoat ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
fantastic elements
ⓘ
grotesque ⓘ irony ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Russian realism
ⓘ
St Petersburg tale ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | foundational work of 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitleOf | The Overcoat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century Russian short story canon ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | low-ranking clerk ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialStatus | poor civil servant ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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