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| Article name |
The Concept of «Brotherhood» as Dostoyevsky’s Ethical Covenant |
| Authors |
Kaznacheev S.M. Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, skazn@yandex.ru |
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| Section |
Russian Philology |
| UDK |
82–1 |
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| Annotation |
The final novel by F. M. Dostoyevsky «the Brothers Karamazov» holds the special
place in the multifaceted writer’s creativity and is his unique spiritual Testament.
The author makes a brief excursus into the ideological content of the previous novels,
examines the evolution of his views on socio-political problems of life in Russia in the 19th
century. In this context, the actions of all writer’ works are done, and the author paid special
attention on the family issues. Relations between close people were extremely the point
to the writer to worry about, where he saw a reflection of the processes taking place in the
state and society. S. M. Kaznacheyev emphasizes that being subtle psychologist Dostoevsky
with stunning craftsmanship shows the kinks of human lives and people’s behavior
in conflict situations. Especially brightly their statements appear at the level of brotherly
feelings.
In the center of author’s attention is the problem of the concept «Brotherhood» presented
in the work of the great realist writer. Kaznacheyev considers different manifestations
of the spirit of Dostoevsky’s heroes. Literary critic draws attention to the fact
that in the history of folklore there were people being close relatives: the brothers Grimm, Veselovskys, Aksakovs, Kireevskie etc. Thus, the conclusion is that the sense of personal
unity helped them to understand the principles of folk aesthetics. Special attention is paid
to the loss of unity among people, that the writer perceived as a dangerous portent of the
coming of the public-political cataclysms. In the final part of the article the attention is paid
to the further development of the Russian literature, where many writers, the successors
of Dostoevsky’ traditions, understood the depiction of the family relations between close
people as an important task.
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| Key words |
brotherhood, love of neighbor, temperament, folklore, Covenant |
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| References |
1. Dostoevskaja A. G. Vospominanija. M., 1987.
2. Dostoevskij F. M. Brat’ja Karamazovy: v 2 t. Predislovie i kommentarii S. M. Kaznacheeva. M., Terra, 2007.
3. Novyj Zavet. Sinodal’noe izdanie.
4. Homjakov A. S. O starom i novom. M., 1988. |
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