NOTAS SOBRE HISTÓRIA, FICÇÃO E REALIDADE EM TARAS BULBA DE NIKOLAI GOGOL

Abstract

This article is dedicated to identifying fundamental elements of the literary conception held by Ukrainian author Nikolai Gogol regarding the notions of History, Fiction, and Reality in his work Taras Bulba, published in its definitive form in the year 1842. The text aims to reflect, initially, on the theoretical relationship between these categories, then briefly contextualizing the impact of historiography on Russian culture in the early decades of the 19th century – particularly in the thought of Gogol – as well as some elements of Cossack society and the causes of the rebellion led by this people in the mid-17th century against the Kingdom of Poland. In the actual analysis, attention is briefly given to the chronotopic matrix provided by geographical and historical references, the use of stereotyping, the transition between the objective and subjective planes of the narrative, and, especially, the decisive importance of the religious worldview originating from beliefs fostered by the Orthodox Church.