· In “Viy,” a description of student life in the seminary of the Bratsk Monastery in Kiev is followed by an introduction to three students who are hiking home for the summer. Viy is a story written by Nikolai Gogol which is most often classified as horror. I'm not sure I necessarily agree with that classification, although it does feature a bumbling main character who comes to a sticky end at the hands of a bloodsucking witch and a horde of other demonic creatures. Gogol himself styled it as a folk tale re-telling.4/5. · In “Viy,” a description of student life in the seminary of the Bratsk Monastery in Kiev is followed by an introduction to three students who are hiking home for the summer.
Complete summary of Nikolai Gogol's Viy. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Viy. 'The Viy' is a short story in which a philosophy student is terrorised by a witch as he holds a vigil over the the dead body of a beautiful girl. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born in Sorochintsi, Ukraine in In , Gogol brought out the first volume of his Ukrainian stories, 'Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'. "Viy" is a horror short story by the Ukrainian-born Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (). The title refers to the name of a demonic entity central to the plot. The story concerns three students from the Bratsky Mo.
"Viy" (Russian: Вий), also translated as "The Viy", is a horror novella by Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol, first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled Mirgorod (). The title is also the name of the demonic entity central to the plot. The students travel in a large group, but eventually, only three boys remain; Khalava, the theologist, Thomas Brutus, the philosopher, and Tiberius Gorobetz, the rhetorician. One day, the three boys are looking for a village where they could safely stay the night, however, instead they get lost. Viy is a story written by Nikolai Gogol which is most often classified as horror. I'm not sure I necessarily agree with that classification, although it does feature a bumbling main character who comes to a sticky end at the hands of a bloodsucking witch and a horde of other demonic creatures. Gogol himself styled it as a folk tale re-telling.
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