“The Kumanin Inheritance Case” and The Adolescent: A Reception Aspect

The article considers a little-known aspect of the autobiographical context of F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent, which is related to the writer’s long-standing dispute with his relatives over A.F. Kumanina’s inheritance. Clear parallels between the vicissitudes of the case and Dostoevsky’s nov...

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Autor principal:	Sergey S. Shaulov
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Publicado:	Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2020
Materias:	the adolescent “the kumanin case” history of perception reception context Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages PG1-9665
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6d2321f5744f4e7c9685e93c6c9a622c2021-12-02T18:26:01Z“The Kumanin Inheritance Case” and The Adolescent: A Reception Aspect10.22455/2619-0311-2020-4-105-1162619-03112712-8512https://doaj.org/article/6d2321f5744f4e7c9685e93c6c9a622c2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dostmirkult.ru/images/2020-4/03_Shaulov_105-116.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2619-0311https://doaj.org/toc/2712-8512The article considers a little-known aspect of the autobiographical context of F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent, which is related to the writer’s long-standing dispute with his relatives over A.F. Kumanina’s inheritance. Clear parallels between the vicissitudes of the case and Dostoevsky’s novel suggest that he consciously used this biographical material while working on The Adolescent. Unlike the Petrashevsky case, however, the Kumanin case did not become part of Dostoevsky’s biographical myth. Apparently, this explains both The Adolescent’s relatively poor reception compared to other novels of the great “Pentateuch” and its lesser appeal. In the historical “competition” of legends that distort the popular perception of Dostoevsky’s image, his personality, and life, the case of the Kumanin inheritance was less “successful”. As a result, it practically fell out of the context of The Adolescent’s perception and Dostoevsky’s legacy in general, although the novel begins with a direct mention of a disputed inheritance. Without taking into account its reverberations, the reception aspect of The Adolescent runs the risk of remaining significantly limited.Sergey S. ShaulovRussian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literaturearticlethe adolescent“the kumanin case”history of perceptionreception contextSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665ENRUДостоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, Iss 4, Pp 105-116 (2020)
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description	The article considers a little-known aspect of the autobiographical context of F.M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent, which is related to the writer’s long-standing dispute with his relatives over A.F. Kumanina’s inheritance. Clear parallels between the vicissitudes of the case and Dostoevsky’s novel suggest that he consciously used this biographical material while working on The Adolescent. Unlike the Petrashevsky case, however, the Kumanin case did not become part of Dostoevsky’s biographical myth. Apparently, this explains both The Adolescent’s relatively poor reception compared to other novels of the great “Pentateuch” and its lesser appeal. In the historical “competition” of legends that distort the popular perception of Dostoevsky’s image, his personality, and life, the case of the Kumanin inheritance was less “successful”. As a result, it practically fell out of the context of The Adolescent’s perception and Dostoevsky’s legacy in general, although the novel begins with a direct mention of a disputed inheritance. Without taking into account its reverberations, the reception aspect of The Adolescent runs the risk of remaining significantly limited.
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title	“The Kumanin Inheritance Case” and The Adolescent: A Reception Aspect
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“The Kumanin Inheritance Case” and The Adolescent: A Reception Aspect

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