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Oneiric Motifs in Nikolai Gogol’s “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka” and Pu Songling’s “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”: Dreaming as a Journey
- Authors: Sun W.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
- Issue: No 7(888) (2024)
- Pages: 153-158
- Section: Literary criticism
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2542-2197/article/view/302875
- ID: 302875
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Abstract
The article contains a comprehensive analysis of oneiric motifs in Gogol’s early prose and in Pu Sunlin’s collection of fantasy stories. Common motifs are identified for further comparative study and interpretation. It is concluded that in the works of both writers, sleep is not only a special physiological and psychological state, but also a journey of the characters into the otherworld.
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Wenjun Sun
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
Author for correspondence.
Email: sunventszyun@yandex.ru
Postgraduate Student of Department of Russian Literature, Faculty of Philology; Lecturer
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