Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov
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Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov is the fictional nobleman and convict whose prison experiences form the central perspective of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s semi-autobiographical novel "The House of the Dead."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The House of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAuthor | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralWork | The House of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOrigin | Russian literature ⓘ |
| characterType | semi-autobiographical persona ⓘ |
| convictionContext | Siberian prison camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Goryanchikov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | non-historical ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
prison literature
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semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Aleksandr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
vehicle for Dostoevsky’s reflections on morality
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vehicle for social critique of penal institutions ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Russian realist novel ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
narrator
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protagonist ⓘ |
| nobleStatus | nobleman ⓘ |
| occupation | convict ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Petrovich ⓘ |
| primaryThemeInArc |
moral and spiritual transformation
GENERATED
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observation of human nature under extreme conditions GENERATED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
chronicler of prison experiences
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observer of fellow convicts ⓘ |
| setting |
Siberia
NERFINISHED
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tsarist-era prison camp ⓘ |
| socialClass | Russian nobility ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
Russian penal system
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prison life ⓘ punishment and exile ⓘ redemption ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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