Dostoevsky's The Idiot and the Ethical Foundations of Narrative

Reading, Narrating, Scripting

By:

Sarah Young

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Paperback / softback

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Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

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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.

Author Biography:

Sarah Young is a Leverhulme Special Research Fellow in the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Release date Australia

November 14th, 2004

Author

Sarah Young

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

226

Series

Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Dimensions

155x234x26

ISBN-13

9781843311157

Product ID

2323035

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