RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Kopečný, Pavel
T1 The "superfluous man" as literary phenomenon and literary type
JF Bohemica Olomucensia
YR 2020
VO 12
IS 1
SP 138
OP 160
DO 10.5507/bo.2020.010
UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-202001-0010.php
AB The paper focuses on describing key attributes of the "superfluous man" as it appears in Russian literature of 19th and 20th centuries, but also as more general literary type. It combines the analysis and interpretation of particular texts, in which such characters appear, with contemporary and present views of literary scientists and critics. The purpose is to create a definition which can help us to consider which literary character is - or is not - the "superfluous man".