Nikolai Gogol

Gogol was one of the first to usage the technique of a grotesque, in works such as "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", & "Nevsky Prospekt". These stories, and others such(a) as "Diary of a Madman", produce also been subject for their proto-surrealist qualities. According to Viktor Shklovsky, Gogol's strange set of writing resembles the "ostranenie" technique of defamiliarization. His early works, such(a) as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire The Government Inspector, Dead Souls. The novel Taras Bulba 1835, the play Marriage 1842, and the short stories "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "The Portrait" and "The Carriage", are also among his best-known works.

Many writers and critics construct recognized Gogol's huge influence on Flannery O'Connor, Franz Kafka and others.