Skaz

The Ska ( Russian " narrative, which is run by the person of the narrator " of сказать "say" ) refers to a narrative style that simulates oral communication between narrator and reader. The narrator presents himself as communicative instance to recognize the muses sometimes even more than the way the reproduction of the subject. So he is at times his ignorance about the course of action, the non- disclosure of information or his assessment of the persons explicitly award.

The Ska's had in the coinage of the Russian literature its most important representatives in Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Semenovich Leskov and. The former led especially in his 1842 published story The coat these stylistic method to perfection. The story kicks off with a remark of the narrator, which reveals its existence as instance be selected for the mediated content:

" In the department ... but we will do better, not to mention the department. There is nothing more sensitive than all kinds of departments, regiments, pulpit land and, in a word, any kind of professional associations. Nowadays even going to believe any private citizen, in his person the whole society will be offended. [ ... ] So, to avoid any inconvenience, we call the department to which it is, just a department. "