Gogol's Best Comic Works

Abstract

This study discusses the most famous works of Gogol and uncovers the problem of representing the comic as an artistic category in these works. The comic techniques with which the author achieves the laughter effect are considered, the notion of comic and tragicomic is considered, and how the author in his works of different years uses various techniques that create this artistic effect. The study also reveals the problem of the evolution of Gogol's creativity and the general trends in the attitude of the writer to the category of the comic. The study consists of three parts: the first one reveals the problem of the comic, as an esthetic category, the second presents an analysis of the main texts of Gogol and reveals the techniques by which the comic technique appears in the text, the third part contains conclusions based on the results of the analysis of works