Diary of a Madman

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gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation theatrical performances
film adaptations
ballet adaptations
radio adaptations
opera adaptations
graphic novel adaptations
gptkbp:artMovement Romanticism
stream of consciousness
gptkbp:author gptkb:Nikolai_Gogol
gptkbp:characterDevelopment Aksenty's_descent_into_madness
gptkbp:conflict internal conflict
gptkbp:criticalReception widely acclaimed
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired psychological studies
gptkbp:genre satire
gptkbp:historicalContext 19th century Russia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Diary of a Madman
gptkbp:influence existential literature
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Fyodor_Dostoevsky
gptkbp:influencedBy European_Romantic_writers
gptkbp:language Russian
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Aksenty_Ivanovich_Poprishchin
gptkbp:motif identity
isolation
social status
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
unreliable narrator
gptkbp:notableFeature alienation
the search for meaning
the absurdity of life
desire for recognition
delusion
gptkbp:notableQuote “I am a madman, and I am proud of it.”
gptkbp:publishedIn 1835
The Contemporary Chronicle
gptkbp:relatedPatent Dead Souls
The Nose
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Saint_Petersburg
gptkbp:symbolism letters
dogs
madness
gptkbp:theme madness
gptkbp:translatedInto multiple languages
gptkbp:visitors subjective
gptkbp:wrote examines class structure
critiques societal norms
explores bureaucracy