In the section Literary Life of the Plot
The Metamorphoses of Gogol’s Tales in Contemporary American Literature
Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
Abstract
The papers focuses on three variations of Gogol’s Petersburg tales, namely, “The Nose”, “The
Overcoat” and “The Portrait”, by contemporary American authors Philip Roth, Tom G.Boyle and
Gary Shteyngart. The updates of these particular tales in some mystical way continue Gogol’s
plot of metamorphosis in mind and body and create an English text on deformations of personality
in contemporary world.
Bibliographic reference
Butenina Evgeniya M. The Metamorphoses of Gogol’s Tales in Contemporary American Literature // Сюжетология и сюжетография. 2014. № 1. Pp. 68–76.