Diabeł czy święty? : kilka uwag o bohaterze powieści Bułata Okudżawy "Przypadki Szypowa albo Staromodny wodewil"

Abstract

The present article is devoted to one of the four historical novels of Bulat Okudshava. Making use of the intertextual method, the author analyses the character of Shipov and compares him with other protagonists of Russian literature: Khlestakov, Tshitshikov, Voland. The author points to the possible influences on the discussed novel, such as The Government Inspector and Dead Souls by Nikolay Gogol, Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, or The Troubled Life of Leyzorek Roytshavants by Ilya Erenburg.