This paper explores the dialectical concept of love in Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov through Katerina and Grushenka, the heroines, and Dmitri Karamazov. Dostoyevsky's dialectic is most accurately described by the terms Eros and Agape, as defined by Denis de Rougemont in Love in the Western World. Chapter One examines the character of Katerina and establishes that although her love is ostensibly Agape, her most frequent expression of love is Eros. Chapter Two establishes that Grushenka's most frequent expression of love is Agape although ostensibly Eros. Chapter Three demonstrates how each woman personifies a pole of Dmitri Karamazov's inner conflict, and then traces his development with regard to his relationship to each woman.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504131 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Harris, Candice R. (Candice Rae) |
| Contributors | Parks, Lloyd, Gleeson, Larry A., Stevens, L. Robert |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | i, 80 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Harris, Candice R. (Candice Rae), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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