Gothic traditions in Russian and English literature in 19th century: Turgenev and Dickens

Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2019. Volume 4. No. 4. pp. 403-407.

Authors


Gadieva G. I.*
Bashkir State University
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450074 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract


This article analyzes Turgenev’s story “Ghosts” and Dickens’s novel “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. Both of them are considered in terms of space, character’s system, changes up, elements of supernatural and time.

Keywords


  • gothic prose
  • Dickens
  • Turgenev
  • gothic motive
  • Russian-English literary connections