The Nose

E126765

"The Nose" is a satirical short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol in which a St. Petersburg official’s nose detaches from his face and develops a higher social status than its owner.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf satirical fiction
short story
author Nikolai Gogol
character Major Kovalyov
Praskovya Osipovna
barber Ivan Yakovlevich
the Nose
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
fictionalElement a nose acting as an independent person
firstPublicationLanguage Russian
firstPublicationMedium Sovremennik (contemporary Russian periodical context)
genre absurdist fiction
satire
hasAdaptation The Nose (opera)
hasEnglishTitle The Nose
hasOriginalTitle Nos
influenced absurdist literature
modernist satire
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Russian literature
literaryTechnique fantastic realism
grotesque
satirical exaggeration
mainCharacter Major Kovalyov
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critique of Russian imperial bureaucracy
early example of literary absurdism
originalLanguage Russian
originalTitleLanguage Russian
partOf Nikolai Gogol’s Petersburg tales
linked to: The Overcoat
plotElement a man’s nose detaches from his face
the nose attains higher social status than its owner
protagonistOccupation collegiate assessor
setting Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
symbolism arbitrariness of power
loss of identity
social rank
targetOfSatire Russian civil service ranks
social climbing
vanity
theme alienation
body and self
bureaucracy
identity
social status
the absurdity of social hierarchy
timePeriodOfSetting early 19th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nikolai Gogol notableWork The Nose
The Nose hasEnglishTitle The Nose
King Swing partOf The Nose
The Nose (opera production) adaptationOf The Nose (Nikolai Gogol short story)
linked to: The Nose
The Nose appearsInWork The Nose
subject linked to: the Nose
The Nose firstAppearanceIn The Nose
subject linked to: the Nose
Barber Ivan Yakovlevich appearsIn The Nose
subject linked to: barber Ivan Yakovlevich
Praskovya Osipovna appearsIn The Nose
Praskovya Osipovna workFirstPublishedIn The Nose (1836 publication in Sovremennik)
linked to: The Nose
Nos originalTitleOf The Nose
Nos hasEnglishTitle The Nose
Major Kovalyov appearsIn The Nose
Major Kovalyov firstPublicationContext The Nose (1836 short story)
linked to: The Nose
Eric Finch employer The Nose