• "Masks" in M. Ju. Lermontov's "A Hero of our Time" 

      Egeberg, Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2005)
      In M. Ju. Lermontov's novel «A Hero of our Time» almost every person is wearing a «mask», trying to conceal his or her real intentions—or, on the contrary, taking advantage of the mask, doing or saying things otherwise condemned by the prevailing social conventions. This paper offers a brief analysis of the phenomenon and its function in the structure of the novel.
    • Myshkin and Lebedev: On "Good’s Fools" and Buffoons in "The Idiot" 

      Egeberg, Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2004)
      In this paper the hero of Dostoevskij's novel “The Idiot”, Prince Myškin, is compared to a more humble character of that book, Luk'jan Lebedev, with special regard to their religious teaching and the Russian notions of “jurodivyj” (“God’s fool”) and “šut” (“buffoon”). The paper concludes with the assertion that the Prince concentrates on the bright aspects of religion, while Mr. Lebedev, when ...
    • Natur og lyrikk hos Theodor Caspari 

      Egeberg, Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2003)
    • The Poetry of Jakov Polonskij 

      Egeberg, Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2002)
      In this article the poetry of Jakov Polonskij is compared to Afanasij Fet's verse with a special focus on the motif "night". A juxtaposition of parallel passages demonstrates both similarities and profound differences: on the one hand, Polonskij is familiar with the various aspects of verse technique so brilliantly applied by Fet, while on the other hand he avoids the erotically coloured emotional ...
    • Some comments on the second volume of “Dead Souls” 

      Egeberg, Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2003)
      The present article deals with the various problems that faced N. V. Gogol’ working on vol. II of his great novel. Attention is paid not only to ideological and psychological matters, but also to the more complicated composition pattern which can be discerned in the five preserved chapters of “Dead Souls” II