Confession and Writing in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent

This article analyses the specificity of Dostoevsky’s confessional prose, focusing on the novel The Adolescent. Dostoevsky can be defined as a superconfessional author, but he is characterized by a certain suspicion, and a certain mistrustfulness towards the very process of confession is typical of...

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Publicado: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5f6bfcb3abdb4ddc9a881f81afa384d22021-12-02T19:48:16ZConfession and Writing in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent10.22455/2619-0311-2021-3-39-522619-03112712-8512https://doaj.org/article/5f6bfcb3abdb4ddc9a881f81afa384d22021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dostmirkult.ru/images/2021-3/02_Ghidini_39-52.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2619-0311https://doaj.org/toc/2712-8512This article analyses the specificity of Dostoevsky’s confessional prose, focusing on the novel The Adolescent. Dostoevsky can be defined as a superconfessional author, but he is characterized by a certain suspicion, and a certain mistrustfulness towards the very process of confession is typical of him. The article attempts to show that this apparent paradox has its origins in the modern context in which Dostoevsky operates, when religious, sacramental confession gives way to a psychological practice of self-affirmation.Maria Candida GhidiniRussian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literaturearticledostoevskyrousseauсonfessionthe adolescentSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665ENRUДостоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, Iss 3, Pp 39-52 (2021)
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rousseau
сonfession
the adolescent
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
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сonfession
the adolescent
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Maria Candida Ghidini
Confession and Writing in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent
description This article analyses the specificity of Dostoevsky’s confessional prose, focusing on the novel The Adolescent. Dostoevsky can be defined as a superconfessional author, but he is characterized by a certain suspicion, and a certain mistrustfulness towards the very process of confession is typical of him. The article attempts to show that this apparent paradox has its origins in the modern context in which Dostoevsky operates, when religious, sacramental confession gives way to a psychological practice of self-affirmation.
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title_short Confession and Writing in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent
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