Dostoevsky’s Greatest Characters: A New Approach to “Notes from Underground,” Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
I: \"Notes from Underground\"......Page 18
i. My Approach versus Frank\'s and Bakhtin\'s......Page 20
ii. Oppression and Suffering......Page 23
iii. Inner Conflicts......Page 26
iv. A Spiteful Official......Page 30
i. Daydreams, the Visit to Simonov, and the Dinner for Zverkov......Page 34
ii. Liza in the Brothel......Page 40
iii. Liza\'s Visit......Page 44
i. Introduction......Page 50
ii. Why Can\'t He Act?......Page 52
iii. \"That Strange Enjoyment\"......Page 55
iv. The Most Advantageous Advantage......Page 59
II: Crime and Punishment......Page 66
i. Introduction......Page 68
ii. My Approach versus Bakhtin\'s......Page 69
iii. Dostoevsky\'s Rhetorical Techniques......Page 73
iv. Fashionable Modern Unbelief......Page 75
v. The Right-minded Characters......Page 80
vi. Dostoevsky\'s Perspective......Page 88
i. Introduction......Page 90
ii. Raskolnikov and His Family......Page 91
iii. Inner Conflicts......Page 99
iv. An Extraordinary Man......Page 103
v. After the Murder......Page 106
i. Introduction......Page 112
ii. Raskolnikov and Sonya......Page 113
iii. Raskolnikov and Svidrigaylov......Page 122
iv. Raskolnikov\'s Conversion......Page 125
v. The Happy Ending of Crime and Punishment......Page 129
III: The Brothers Karamazov......Page 132
i. Introduction......Page 134
ii. Ivan\'s Challenge......Page 136
iii. Contradiction in Ivan\'s Position......Page 141
iv. Responses to Ivan......Page 143
v. Seeds That Bear Much Fruit......Page 145
vi. We Are Responsible for All......Page 148
vii. Freedom versus Happiness......Page 150
i. Introduction......Page 152
ii. Detachment......Page 153
iii. Anger and Aggression......Page 156
iv. Search for Glory......Page 160
v. The Grand Inquisitor......Page 163
i. The Emergence of Ivan\'s Inner Conflicts......Page 172
ii. Ivan and Smerdyakov......Page 176
iii. Temptation and Fall......Page 180
i. Introduction......Page 186
ii. The First Meeting with Smerdyakov......Page 187
iii. The Second Interview......Page 190
iv. The Final Visit to Smerdyakov......Page 193
v. Continued Inner Conflicts......Page 197
i. Introduction......Page 206
ii. Alyosha and His Mother......Page 209
iii. Alyosha\'s Defenses......Page 211
iv. Alyosha and Father Zossima......Page 216
v. Zossima\'s Teachings......Page 218
i. Alyosha in the World......Page 224
ii. Comforts and Complications......Page 229
iii. Rebellion: The Death of Zossima......Page 233
iv. Raised from the Depths......Page 235
v. One of the Elect......Page 237
vi. Conclusion......Page 239
References......Page 242
A......Page 246
C......Page 247
G......Page 248
I......Page 249
M......Page 250
R......Page 251
S......Page 252
Y......Page 253
Z......Page 254