10-20-2009, 07:44 PM
(10-20-2009, 07:34 PM)βαθμιαίος Wrote:(10-20-2009, 07:16 PM)peregrine Wrote: Wikipedia, however, says he was an historical figure.
Can you point me to where Wikipedia says this? I'm not seeing it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba
(Forgive me, please, for stubbornly sticking to this seemingly minor issue when you're trying so valiantly to move from the specific to the general. It's not that I disagree with anything you're saying -- far from it. It's just that, so far as I know, there is very little else that Ra says that is on shaky ground fact-wise.)
No problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba
Taras Bulba is Gogol’s longest short story. The work is non-fictional in nature with characters that are not exaggerated or grotesque as was common in Gogol's later work, though his characterizations of Cossacks are said to be a bit exaggerated by some scholars.
I guess that's not exactly definitive either, now that I look at it. Geez, I guess you'd have to consult a Gogol scholar. I'll keep looking.
~P