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Zakharov K. M. Kochkarev’s and Podkolesin’s Games in «Marriage» by Gogol. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2015, vol. 15, iss. 2, pp. 51-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2015-15-2-51-53

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Literary criticism

Kochkarev’s and Podkolesin’s Games in «Marriage» by Gogol

In the article the point of Podkolesin’s implicit victimization is questioned. The dynamic equilibrium of forces between Kochkarev and Podkolesin is analyzed. This marks gaming possibilities in a human, oppositely directed, but similarly powerful.

Authors:

Zakharov

Kirill

Mikhailovich

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Saratov State University

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Russia, 410012, Saratov, Astrakhanskaya street, 83

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zahodite@list.ru

Key words:

game, Gogol, Podkolesin, Kochkarev, match-making, marriage.