Nikolay Gogogl's 《The Government Inspector》 comedy (1836): a realistic conception before the Realism

摘要

This paper reviews the conception of Nikolay Gogogl's 《The Government Inspector》 comedy. The paper analyzes Gogol's article 《St. Petersburg notes of 1836》 and Pyotr Vyazemsky's review where he observed audience's comments on the premiere of the play. Comedy edition, which was created in 1836, is considered by the author of this paper as Gogol's attempt of making realistic text.