Dostoevsky's Greatest Characters: A New Approach to ''Notes from the Underground'', ''Crime and Punishment'', and ''The Brothers Karamozov''

Addressed To All Readers Of Dostoevsky, As Well As To Teachers, Students, And Specialists, This Lucidly-written Study Approaches The Underground Man, Raskolnikov, And Ivan And Alyosha Karamazov As Imagined Human Beings Whose Feelings, Behaviors, And Ideas Are Expressions Of Their Personalities And Experience. While Asserting The Autonomy Of Dostoevsky's Characters, Paris Shows That There Is A Tension Between Them And The Author₂s Rhetoric And Demonstrates That The Characters Often Escape Their Illustrative Roles. By Paying Close Attention To Mimetic Detail, This Book Seeks To Recover Dostoevsky's Psychological Intuitions And Fully To Appreciate His Brilliance In Characterization. Notes From Underground -- History And Personality -- Zverkov And Liza -- The Diarist -- Crime And Punishment -- Rhetoric In Crime And Punishment -- History And Inner Conflicts -- Sonya, Svidrigaylov, And Raskolnikov's Conversion -- The Brothers Karamazov -- Thematic Analysis Of The Brothers Karamazov -- Ivan : Character Structure And Beliefs -- Ivan : Before The Murder -- Ivan : After The Murder -- Alyosha : History, Personality And Relationship With Zossima -- Alyosha : Trials And Resolutions. Bernard J. Paris. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [225]-227) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 I: "Notes from Underground"......Page 18 i. My Approach versus Frank's and Bakhtin's......Page 20 ii. Oppression and Suffering......Page 23 iii. Inner Conflicts......Page 26 iv. A Spiteful Official......Page 30 i. Daydreams, the Visit to Simonov, and the Dinner for Zverkov......Page 34 ii. Liza in the Brothel......Page 40 iii. Liza's Visit......Page 44 i. Introduction......Page 50 ii. Why Can't He Act?......Page 52 iii. "That Strange Enjoyment"......Page 55 iv. The Most Advantageous Advantage......Page 59 II: Crime and Punishment......Page 66 i. Introduction......Page 68 ii. My Approach versus Bakhtin's......Page 69 iii. Dostoevsky's Rhetorical Techniques......Page 73 iv. Fashionable Modern Unbelief......Page 75 v. The Right-minded Characters......Page 80 vi. Dostoevsky's Perspective......Page 88 i. Introduction......Page 90 ii. Raskolnikov and His Family......Page 91 iii. Inner Conflicts......Page 99 iv. An Extraordinary Man......Page 103 v. After the Murder......Page 106 i. Introduction......Page 112 ii. Raskolnikov and Sonya......Page 113 iii. Raskolnikov and Svidrigaylov......Page 122 iv. Raskolnikov's Conversion......Page 125 v. The Happy Ending of Crime and Punishment......Page 129 III: The Brothers Karamazov......Page 132 i. Introduction......Page 134 ii. Ivan's Challenge......Page 136 iii. Contradiction in Ivan's Position......Page 141 iv. Responses to Ivan......Page 143 v. Seeds That Bear Much Fruit......Page 145 vi. We Are Responsible for All......Page 148 vii. Freedom versus Happiness......Page 150 i. Introduction......Page 152 ii. Detachment......Page 153 iii. Anger and Aggression......Page 156 iv. Search for Glory......Page 160 v. The Grand Inquisitor......Page 163 i. The Emergence of Ivan's Inner Conflicts......Page 172 ii. Ivan and Smerdyakov......Page 176 iii. Temptation and Fall......Page 180 i. Introduction......Page 186 ii. The First Meeting with Smerdyakov......Page 187 iii. The Second Interview......Page 190 iv. The Final Visit to Smerdyakov......Page 193 v. Continued Inner Conflicts......Page 197 i. Introduction......Page 206 ii. Alyosha and His Mother......Page 209 iii. Alyosha's Defenses......Page 211 iv. Alyosha and Father Zossima......Page 216 v. Zossima's Teachings......Page 218 i. Alyosha in the World......Page 224 ii. Comforts and Complications......Page 229 iii. Rebellion: The Death of Zossima......Page 233 iv. Raised from the Depths......Page 235 v. One of the Elect......Page 237 vi. Conclusion......Page 239 References......Page 242 A......Page 246 C......Page 247 G......Page 248 I......Page 249 M......Page 250 R......Page 251 S......Page 252 Y......Page 253 Z......Page 254 Addressed To All Readers Of Dostoevsky, As Well As To Teachers, Students, And Specialists, This Lucidly-written Study Approaches The Underground Man, Raskolnikov, And Ivan And Alyosha Karamazov As Imagined Human Beings Whose Feelings, Behaviors, And Ideas Are Expressions Of Their Personalities And Experience. While Asserting The Autonomy Of Dostoevsky's Characters, Paris Shows That There Is A Tension Between Them And The Author2s Rhetoric And Demonstrates That The Characters Often Escape Their Illustrative Roles. By Paying Close Attention To Mimetic Detail, This Book Seeks To Recover Dostoevsky's Psychological Intuitions And Fully To Appreciate His Brilliance In Characterization. Notes From Underground -- History And Personality -- Zverkov And Liza -- The Diarist -- Crime And Punishment -- Rhetoric In Crime And Punishment -- History And Inner Conflicts -- Sonya, Svidrigaylov, And Raskolnikov's Conversion -- The Brothers Karamazov -- Thematic Analysis Of The Brothers Karamazov -- Ivan : Character Structure And Beliefs -- Ivan : Before The Murder -- Ivan : After The Murder -- Alyosha : History, Personality And Relationship With Zossima -- Alyosha : Trials And Resolutions. Bernard J. Paris. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [225]-227) And Index. Addressed to all readers of Dostoevsky, as well as to teachers, students, and specialists, this lucidly-written study approaches the underground man, Raskolnikov, and Ivan and Alyosha Karamazov as imagined human beings whose feelings, behaviors, and ideas are expressions of their personalities and experience. While asserting the autonomy of Dostoevsky's characters, Paris shows that there is a tension between them and the author2s rhetoric and demonstrates that the characters often escape their illustrative roles. By paying close attention to mimetic detail, this book seeks to recover Dostoevsky's psychological intuitions and fully to appreciate his brilliance in characterization--Résumé de l'éditeur "Addressed to all readers of Dostoevsky, as well as to teachers, students, and specialists, this study approaches the underground man, Raskolnikov, and Ivan and Alyosha Karamazov as imagined human beings whose feelings, behaviors, and ideas are expressions of their personalities and experience. While asserting the autonomy of Dostoevsky's characters, Paris shows that there is a tension between them and the author's rhetoric and demonstrates that the characters often escape their illustrative roles. By paying close attention to mimetic detail, this book seeks to recover Dostoevsky's psychological intuitions and fully to appreciate his brilliance in characterization."--Jacket There is still much interest in Dostoevsky and new ways to interpret his work and the range and breadth of the characters in his novels. Paris also focuses on his most widely read books and short stories so the titles alone will draw much appeal.While Paris builds off the theories of well-known scholars such as Mikhail Bakhtin, Joseph Frank, Karen Horney, and Victor Terras, he has a unique angle to this study. He explores tensions between Dostoevsky's psychological portraiture and his characters formal and thematic functions. This book illuminates the motivations and personalities of Dostoevsky's greatest characters more fully than has been done before. Addressed to all readers of Dostoevsky, as well as to teachers, students, and specialists, this lucidly-written study approaches the underground manm Raskolnikov, and Ivan and Alyosha Karamazov as lucidly imagined beings whose feelings, behaviours, and ideas are expressions of their personalities and experience.