The Hamlet of Russian Prose: Chekhov in the Mirror of Friedrich Gorenstein

• In Event: Rethinking Friedrich Gorenstein: War, Politics, and Intertexts

Abstract

Chekhov’s presence in Friedrich Gorenstein’s artistic world is palpable and multifaceted. It reveals itself in his critical essays, the most famous of which is “My Chekhov of the Fall and Winter of 1968: Subjective Notes,” and numerous intertextual references to Chekhov in Gorenstein’s prose and drama. The paper will argue that despite the apparent differences between the two writers, there was a great deal of affinity between them which illuminates both Gorenstein's and Chekhov's oeuvres.

Author

• Radislav Lapushin, UNC at Chapel Hill