On hate and the typology of the misfit in Dostoevsky’s and Salinger’s Works Cover Image

Despre ură și tipologia inadaptatului la Dostoievski și Salinger
On hate and the typology of the misfit in Dostoevsky’s and Salinger’s Works

Author(s): Călin-Horia Bârleanu
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Russian Literature, Psychoanalysis, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: psychoanalysis; adolescence; contempt; death drive;

Summary/Abstract: As part of the death drive, hate, so prevalent in world literature as the natural state of so many characters, has led the creative spirits, preoccupied invariably with metamorphosis and ascension, to produce genuine masterpieces. Whether malignant or benign (socially justified), hate, along with its many shapes and forms, generates attitudes which characterize a fundamental concept in Dostoevsky’s fiction, namely the antihero. Displaying typical features that are traceable throughout literature from the great Russian author on, the character dominated by hate withdraws from the world, thus fueling his alienation.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 1-10
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian