In considering Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot', a novel less easily defined
in terms of plot and ideas than his other major fictional works, Sarah
Young addresses problems in the novel unresolved by previous
interpretations, and in doing so fills a significant gap in Dostoevsky
studies. 'Dostoevsky's The Idiot and the Ethical Foundations of
Narrative' provides an innovative theoretical framework for an
analysis that integrates structural and narratological considerations
with thematic (religious and ethical) aspects, by focusing on the
characters' interactivity as the most fundamental level on which the
ethical systems of the novel are enacted. It examines the questions of
what ethical bases are put forward by the novel, what faith-issues and
philosophical world-views they derive from, and how, in terms of
structuring and narration rather than simply thematically, they are
presented in the novel. For the first time, through the concept of
scripting, the author shows how the ethical becomes the foundation for
the narratological in The Idiot. No other book on Dostoevsky has
addressed the question of ethics, which is so important to the study
of Dostoevsky, particularly in the light of recent work on the
religious dimension of his novels, within the context of narrative and
Bakhtinian dialogue. This substantial new work will appeal to
academics, postgraduates and undergraduates working on Dostoevsky and
the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian novel in general; as
well as scholars in the fields of literary theory, including Bakhtin
studies, narratology, literature and ethics.
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ISBN
9780857287359
Publisert
2016
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Anthem Press (NBN)
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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