Evenings in the hamlet near Dikanka
Evenings on the hamlet near Dikanka (Also: Evenings on the Vowerk near Dikanka , Russian Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки , Wetschera na chutore blis Dikanki ) is a collection of eight stories from the Ukrainian folk milieu by Nikolay Vasilevich . The collection was written and published in 1831/32. It consists of two parts with four stories each.
Each of the two parts begins with a preface by the (fictional) author Rudij Panko , who, as the “editor”, sets the framework for his stories and warns the reader of the unusual world into which he will introduce him.
Part 1
- " The Sorochintsy Fair " (Сорочинская ярмарка)
- " The Midsummer Eve " (Вечер накануне Ивана Купала)
- " May Night or Die Drowned " (Майская ночь, или Утопленница)
- " The missing document " (Пропавшая грамота).
Part 2
- " The night before Christmas " (Ночь перед рождеством)
- " Terrible Vengeance " (Страшная месть), also Terrible Vengeance and The Wizard
- " Ivan Fjodorowitsch Schponka and his auntie " (Иван Федорович Шпонька и его тетушка)
- " The bewitched place " (Заколдованное место).
The stories take the reader back in time. It is the world of rural Ukraine, full of lust for life and superstition. This cheerful folk world is only at first glance happy, harmonious and natural. This appearance is deceptive, because the harmonious picture is disturbed by fantastic causes that break into the cheerful everyday life. Gogol took the material of his stories from Ukrainian folklore. The "romantic double world" [Städtke] unites the everyday with the fantastic. It's about weddings, conquests, happy endings, but everything only comes about through lies and deceit, through seductive ruse or through the work of the devil, through the murder of innocent people. With these stories Gogol introduced himself to Russian literature, they were enthusiastically received by the contemporary Russian audience, although Pushkin spoke of "inconsistencies and little probability". In a recent Russian literature Encyclopedia (. Секачева Е.В. / Смоличева С. В .: Русская Литература Москва 2001) emphasized that the Ukrainian people is the main hero of the stories, "Главным объектом изображения в" Вечерах ... »становится народная жизнь, а главным героем - украинский народ, мудрый, лукавый, вольнолюбивый, благошродныйу, удалешерывонон “.
Adaptations by other artists
- Sorochinskaja jarmarka ( The Sorochinsky Fair ) (1874–80). Opera by Modest Mussorgsky . Premiere 1911
- Maiskaja notsch ( The May Night ) (1878/79). Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov . Premiere 1880
- Maiskaja Notsch, ili Utoplenniza ( May Night ) (1952). Movie. Director: Alexander Arturowitsch Rou
- Wetschera na chutorje blis dikanki ( The Night Before Christmas ) (1962). Movie. Screenplay and director: Alexander Arturowitsch Rou
- Notsch pered Roshdestwom ( The Night Before Christmas ) - Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakow
- Tscherewitschki ( Slipper ) - Opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky , based on the novel The Night Before Christmas
Web links
- Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol: Evenings on the Vorwerk near Dikanjka and other stories in the Gutenberg-DE project