THE OVERCOAT BY NIKOLAI GOGOL

1. THE OVERCOATBY NIKOLAI GOGOL PreperadBy: Ayşenur Sekban

2. NIKOLAI GOGOL • He was a Ukranian-bornRussiandramatist, novelist. • His mostfamousbook is “DeadSouls”. • His earlyworkssuch as “Evenings on a FarmNearDikankawereinflucedbyUkranianculture. His laterwritingaboutpoliticalcorruption in theRussianEmpire. • After his works, theRussiangovernmentblamehim as an anti-Russianperson.

3. D.S. Mirsky characterized Gogol's universe as "one of the most marvelous, unexpected — in the strictest sense, original— worlds ever created by an artist of words". He was born in 1809 and died in February 21, 1852 in Moscow Russia.

4. Therearefundamentallyromanticsensibility in his works. • 1) TheOvercoat • 2) DeadSouls • 3)TarasBulba • 4)Diary of A Madman • 5)TheNose • 6)…

5. The Overcoat • The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol have brought the term of realism into the Russian literature. • Public institutions havebeen criticized in the book. • After the book the ordinary people theme gets into the literature. • Gogol has wanted to tell the problems in the Russia with an ordinary character to the readers. • Also, Gogol has toldtheevilparts of thepeople in thestorybyusingcynicalfriends of Akakiy Akakievitch

6. Summary • Akakiy Akakievitch is an official. The young officials make fun of him. He is always seen in the same place, same attitude and same occupation. They told various stories about him. But Akakiy doesn’t answer a word. But if the jokes prevent his works, he always says “Leave me alone! Why do you insult me?”. He loves copying and he enjoys when he does his works.

7. The officials call her cloak as a cape because ıt was too old and tattered. He decided to take it to Petrovitch who is a tailor . He wants Petrovitch to patch it but Petrovitch says that it can’t be patched anymore. For 2-3 months, he doesn’t eat and he just wears a cardigan because he doesn’t want his clothes become worn-out. He saves money and Petrovitch plant an overcoat to him for 80. When he wears his overcoats, everybody treats him if he make very important job. But one day, some people beat him and stole his overcoat.

8. And he goes to work with his worn out cloak. He goes and tells about this situation to his boss but the boss scolds him. Akakiy Akakievitch becomes sick and dies. But the story doesn't end. There is a rumor in Petersburg, a ghost stoles overcoats and the ghost doesn't care how the overcoats look like. But one they the ghost stoles the boss’s overcoat and no one doesn’t see the ghost anymore.

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