Nikolai Gogol was one of the first to use the technique of the grotesque. According to Viktor Shklovsky, Gogol's strange style of writing resembles the "ostranenie" technique of defamiliarization. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore.
THE CALASH: The town of B had become very lively since a cavalry regiment had taken up its quarters in it. Up to that date it had been mortally wearisome there. When you happened to pass through the town and glanced at its little mud houses with their incredibly gloomy aspect, the pen refuses to express what you felt.
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To be honest, I understood nothing of this story. Hard to say anything to a story as bizarre as this.
I see where weiters like Kafka took inspiration from in their dreamlike stories.
I like the style of writing in most ways and did find the ending rather funny.
Gogols usual over all
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Lauri
15.7.2025
To be honest, I understood nothing of this story. Hard to say anything to a story as bizarre as this. I see where weiters like Kafka took inspiration from in their dreamlike stories. I like the style of writing in most ways and did find the ending rather funny. Gogols usual over all
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