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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Le ravissement du vide : déploiement d'un imaginaire de la fin dans Les démons de Dostoïevski

Drolet, Julie January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Le roman Les Démons de Fédor Dostoïevski se déploie dans les affres du chaos. Actes terroristes sanglants, questionnements sur Dieu et sur la nation et gestes incongrus posés par des personnages possédés scandent ce roman dense et éclaté. Or, dans tous ces bouleversements, c'est la crainte et l'espoir de l'Apocalypse qui surplombent tout le récit. Comment lire cette accumulation de désordres, tant dans le récit que dans la structure même de l'oeuvre? Comment expliquer une temporalité qui, encore aujourd'hui, est problématique, même pour les lecteurs aguerris de Dostoïevski? C'est par l'entremise de l'imaginaire de la fin que nous essayerons d'apporter certaines réponses à ces questions. Nous tenterons, dans le premier chapitre, de comprendre les divers troubles inhérents au récit dans la logique d'un temps qui menace de se terminer, une Russie sur le point de s'effondrer. Il s'agira d'abord de comprendre les racines de ce temps hors de lui, sans cesse en cavale et toujours insaisissable. Un temps qui happe les protagonistes et, par le fait même, le lecteur. Un temps de la crise dont certains profiteront pour tenter de prendre possession du pouvoir. Tous les signes convergent, dans le roman, vers une fin des temps, une apocalypse programmée. Ce temps qui menace de se finir demande un héros, un homme d'action, un sauveur qui protégera les fidèles de cette fin des temps qui semble imminente. Or, dans le contexte de la Sainte Russie sur le point de s'écrouler, c'est l'idole du nihilisme qui apparaît. L'homme du vide, traquenard insondable, qui ravit l'homme qui le contemple, homme totalement habité par le désir de croire. L'idole, que nous comprendrons, dans le chapitre deux, comme étant une figure, est nimbée d'une aura qui plonge celui qui le regarde dans des actes inexplicables. Toutefois, l'apocalypse programmée n'aura pas lieu. Nous verrons dans le troisième chapitre que ce n'est pas toute l'Humanité qui expire, mais bien l'homme, seule apocalypse possible, aussi injuste soit-elle. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Imaginaire de la fin, Dostoïevski, Figure, Mort, Temps, Les Démons, Littérature russe.
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Revolutionary self-fulfilment? : individual radicalisation and terrorism in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from underground, Crime and punishment and The devils

Ceccarelli, Marco January 2009 (has links)
This thesis analyses Fyodor Dostoyevsky's discussion of individual radicalisation and terrorism in three of his major novels: Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment and The Devils. Whilst the issues of radical ideology and terrorism have often been independently discussed by Dostoyevsky scholars, little attention has been devoted to the study of the process of radicalisation undergone by Dostoyevsky's protagonists, whereby the extreme fulfilment of radical ideals culminates in political violence. This investigation traces the evolution of Dostoyevsky's individual in the context of the radically changing socio-political environment of nineteenth-century Russia. The development of this individual will be examined throughout the novels as he initially questions, and is hostile to, radical ideology, gradually embraces its tenets and tests its validity through the use of violence and eventually engages in terrorist activity. Dostoyevsky felt himself impotent in the face of the gradual assimilation of utilitarian, materialistic and nihilist ideals by the new generation of Russian intellectuals. In the emulation of Western revolutionary culture, he came to see a threat to Russian nationhood, to true Russian identity and to traditional Russian values such as Orthodox Christianity. In his novels he sought to examine and question the ideologies of leading theorists influenced by Western radical thought; ideologies that he believed were flawed, deceptive and contradictory. This study focuses on the development of the themes of radicalisation and terrorism in the three chosen novels. Emphasis is laid on the devastating impact of radical ideology and terrorist activity on the individual.
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Reading The Brothers Karamazov in Burundi

Atfield, Tom 2005 October 1900 (has links)
In 1999, aged eighteen, I read 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Dostoevsky. I read this novel in Burundi, where I witnessed the suffering of others. The country's basic problem was civil war, which is best described in this terse note: "Rwanda, the sequel. Same story, different location. Nobody cares." The well-publicised problems in Rwanda in 1994 didn't end, they went next-door. The only thing separating the problems of those two countries was the most heavily landmined stretch of road on the planet. It was on this road, which was littered with the remains of vehicles and people, that I experienced the immediacy of 'the problem of evil'.I had hoped that the book I held in my hands on those lifetime-long hours on the road would resonate with my experience. Ivan Karamazov's accusation of the God who creates a world of atrocities seemed fuelled by an unflinching look at senseless, disteleological suffering. I had hoped that Ivan, with his face turned against God, could countenance the horror I saw. Karamazov's stance has been seen as the antithesis of theodicy, which is the attempt to reconcile faith in God with the existence of evil. This antithesis seems to overcome the distance between the experience of real suffering and the account of that suffering given by academic theodicy. Ultimately, however, that distance remains. Dostoevsky's protagonist in his railing against God connects no more with the victims in this world than a writer of theodicy does with her defence of God.
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A Comprehensive View of Faith in "The Brothers Karamozov" Through the Collective Personality

Schimelpfenig, Sharla J. (Sharla Jan) 12 1900 (has links)
In examining Dostoevsky's treatment of faith in The Brothers Karamazov, critics often focus solely on "The Grand Inquisitor." Dostoevsky, however, refutes the Inquisitor's views through the movement of the three Karamazov brothers toward faith. The three Karamazov brothers, as a collective personality, represent the fundamental needs of man and the corresponding aspects of faith, each brother being an individual study of the necessity of integrating soul, heart and mind into faith. The crises that each brother faces force each one to develop a fuller dimension of faith. The final effect of integrating the soul, heart and mind in faith is active love.
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Confession and the Via Dolorosa in Crime and Punishment

Collins, Cynthia R. 08 1900 (has links)
This study provides a detailed analysis of the confession motif in Dostoevsky' s Crime and Punishment. It discusses Dostoevsky's use of the sacramental concept of confession, in which the estranged person is reunited with the human community through contrite confession. Throughout the novel, Raskolnikov wavers between desiring estrangement and seeking union. These two poles are shown in his encounters with Sonya and Porfiry (who represent union) and Luzhin and Svidrigaylov (who represent estrangement). Sonya and Porfiry tell Raskolnikov to confess and accept responsibility for his life; Luzhin and Svidrigaylov show him how to continue passing responsibility to others. This study also demonstrates that the epilogue is not merely a tag, as some Dostoevsky critics have argued. Rather, Raskolnikov' s redemption is the only thematically and psychologically valid conclusion.
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An analysis of interpretations of F.M. Dostoevsky's the devils by soviet literary criticism during glasnost (1985-1991)

Bradley, Jocelyn 18 August 2016 (has links)
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree. of Master of Arts in Russian Studies. Joharmesburq, 1995 / This thesis undertakes to examine the interdependence of ideology and literary scholarship, in particular regarding the legacy of F.M. Dostoevsky, in the Soviet Union; and to investigate the reflection of political and ideological agenda in Soviet literary criticism's interpretations of Dostoevsky's novel, The Devils during the era of glasnost, 1985-1991. I shall isolate, identify and describe the principal, ideological trends reflected in literary critiques and analyses of this novel, published in the Soviet Union during this specific period of time. My thesis will build on and develop previous research conducted around the analysis of Ideological trends in the Soviet Union through a study of literature and official literary criticism. Western commentators, such as B J.Simmons,V. Seduro, and H. Mondry have demonstrated the correlation between. general shifts in Party domestic and international policy and the ideological viewpoints expressed in literature and literary criticism. They have found it to be a valid practice to analyse certain political, social and ideological factors in the Soviet Union through a close study of literature and literary criticism. In continuing this research, I shall demonstrate that Soviet literary criticism during glasnost could still be regarded as a mirror of political and ideological changes in society, and that Soviet criticism's interpretations of Dostoevsky's The Devils could once again be used to help distinguish, delineate and clarify the ideological trends that existed in Soviet Society during this era. I shall begin my analysis with a consideration of the effects of Gorbachev's glasnost reforms on Soviet culture in general, and on literary cd]~'cal practice in particular; and of the role that literary criticism played in Soviet society during this area. I shall then proceed to a brief historical overview of interpretations of The Devils by Russian and Soviet literary critics, from its publication until the eve of the glasnost reforms, This will demonstrate both the manner in which literary criticism has mirrored Ideological trends in the USSR, and the validity of centring my research on this novel. From there, I shall turn to an examination of how interpretations Offered by Soviet literary critics of The Devils, as well as attitudes expressed by them regarding the writer's world outlook, reflected the ideological trends that existed In Soviet society during glasnost. The interpretations to be analysed will be taken from a broad range of Soviet literary periodicals, mono graphs, and discussions, published in the Soviet Union between 1985 and 1992
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Le plaisir de l'indétermination : une lecture de l'ambiguïté narrative dans le double de Dostoïevski

Dionne, Philippe January 2006 (has links) (PDF)
Ce mémoire de maîtrise vise avant tout à réintégrer Le double de Dostoïevski au sein du corpus fantastique dont l'interprétation critique l'a souvent exclu, préférant souvent le décrire comme un roman social à teneur psychopathologique. Nous établissons d'abord, dans le premier chapitre, une comparaison entre un grand nombre d'études produites sur ce récit, principalement à propos de la psychologie du personnage, du style de l'oeuvre et de son caractère fantastique. Cette approche dialectique met en relief l'absence d'unanimité et même d'impressionnantes dissensions dans l'interprétation, tout en permettant de pointer du doigt les lacunes de chaque analyse: l'ambiguïté de l'oeuvre apparaît alors comme le principal élément pouvant expliquer un si grand nombre d'hypothèses différentes. Dans le second chapitre, nous présentons ensuite les différentes théories du fantastique littéraire, définissant ce dernier par l'effet de lecture déroutant qu'il peut entraîner devant des éléments d'indétermination non résolus dans un texte: l'effet fantastique peut naître chez celui qui accepte de s'abandonner à sa lecture et de prendre plaisir à l'indétermination sans chercher à interpréter trop rapidement lors de son premier contact avec l'oeuvre. Nous relevons comment l'ambiguïté narrative, fréquemment incarnée par une figure de double dans le corpus fantastique, est un procédé stylistique qui facilite l'émergence de cet effet en proposant simultanément deux ou plusieurs hypothèses concurrentes à une même question. Nous étudions enfin dans le troisième chapitre les occurrences d'ambiguïté et d'autres éléments d'indétermination dans Le double, dans une analyse qui demeure très près du texte, pour montrer que ce dernier résiste à l'interprétation et qu'aucune étude ne peut donc prétendre établir sa signification de façon absolue. Une réflexion sur la traduction nous permet de confirmer ces hypothèses en observant comment la lecture du traducteur influence inévitablement le lectorat de la langue de destination: l'ambiguïté est préservée ou non dans l'oeuvre traduite selon la manière dont cet individu réagit à l'indétermination de l'original. Nous croyons fortement que l'analyse d'un récit fantastique, de même que l'élimination des parties trop floues lors d'une traduction, visent avant tout, pour ceux qui les produisent, à mettre fin au sentiment d'étrangeté qu'ils éprouvent devant une oeuvre qui déroute et refuse d'être résolue. Notre mémoire permet donc de conserver, au coeur même de la réflexion critique sur Le double, un discours sur l'émotion susceptible d'être ressentie lors de sa lecture, ce que la réception journalistique et universitaire tend à évacuer. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Ambiguïté, Double, Dostoïevski, Fantastique, Indétermination, Théories de la lecture.
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Remizov's Sisters of the cross : an extension and continuation of Dostoevsky's Notes from the underground

Keller, Donna E. January 1976 (has links)
No description available.
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The eschatological imagination : mediating David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest /

Jacobs, John Timothy. Ferns, John, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2003. / Advisor: John Ferns. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-241). Also available via World Wide Web.
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Theological implications of suffering children in teaching four novels by Dostoevsky, Camus, Golding, Greene

Schwab, Gweneth Boge. Duncan, Robert L. January 1982 (has links)
Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1982. / Title from title page screen, viewed April 11, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Robert Duncan (chair), Stan Renner, Glenn Grever, Walter Pierce, Niles Holt. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 239-250) and abstract. Also available in print.

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