Makar Devushkin
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Makar Devushkin is the humble, impoverished copy clerk and epistolary narrator at the heart of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Poor Folk," whose letters reveal his inner life and social misery.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Makar Devushkin canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistolary narrator
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Poor Folk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotive | letters as self-revelation ⓘ |
| centralThemeEmbodied |
bureaucratic oppression
ⓘ
compassion ⓘ poverty ⓘ social humiliation ⓘ |
| characterArcFocus | moral dignity amid poverty ⓘ |
| communicatesWith | Varvara Dobrosyolova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicStatus | impoverished ⓘ |
| experiences |
humiliation
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ social misery ⓘ |
| expresses | inner life through letters ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Dostoevsky’s Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Poor Folk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Varvara Dobrosyolova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Nikolai Gogol’s ‘little man’ tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Russian realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early prototype of the Dostoevskian ‘little man’ ⓘ |
| literaryWorkAuthor | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | epistolary ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | Russian ⓘ |
| occupation |
copy clerk
ⓘ
scrivener ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
humble
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kind ⓘ self-effacing ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| relationshipType | unrequited love ⓘ |
| residesIn | a shabby rented room ⓘ |
| setting | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
lower-class
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poor ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the downtrodden Russian clerk
ⓘ
the ‘little man’ in Russian literature ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| worksFor | a government office ⓘ |
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