To Be or Not to Be God—The Issue of Authorial Power in Dostoevsky

To Be or Not to Be God—The Issue of Authorial Power in Dostoevsky

This paper problematizes the now widely accepted concept of Dostoevsky’s dialogism, which alleges the ‘Author’s’ equal empowerment of all his characters. Using examples from <i>Crime and Punishment</i> and <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i>, Zholkovsky focuses on instances of ‘sce...

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Main Author: Alexander Zholkovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
authorial power
scripting others
reading each other
discursive combats
playing god
Raskolnikov
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/506

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