ARCHETYPICAL MOTIF OF A PACT WITH THE DEVIL IN THE NOVELS BY DOSTOEVSKY: "GOD-FORSAKING SCRIPTURE"

The article looks at the motif of a pact with the devil in the plots of Dostoevsky's novels. Just as in the medieval plots the pact with the Devil had to be verified with a written bond, Dostoevsky's ideological characters (Rodion Raskolnikov, Ivan Karamazov) justify their theomachic ideas...

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Main Author: Valentina Ivanovna Gabdullina
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Petrozavodsk State University 2012-11-01
Series:Проблемы исторической поэтики
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Online Access:http://poetica.pro/files/redaktor_pdf/1457954794.pdf