Crime sans punishment, or how Woody Allen reads Dostoevsky Cover Image

Престъпление без наказание, или как Уди Алън чете Достоевски
Crime sans punishment, or how Woody Allen reads Dostoevsky

Author(s): Cleo Protohristova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Studies of Literature, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Woody Allen; Dostoevsky; intertextuality; “Crime and Punishment”; “Crimes and Misdemeanors”; “Match Point”

Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the intertextual relatedness of Woody Allen’s films with the novels of Dostoevsky and more specifically to “Crime and Punishment”. The analysis is focused on “Match Point” and “Crimes and Misdemeanors” but Allen’s oeuvre in general is also considered. The comparative observations reveal thematic structural correspondences between the films and the novels which are counterbalanced by fundamental incompatibility of their axiologies.

  • Issue Year: 2/2021
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 191-205
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian