Leonid Adreyev as a psychologist of the human soul. F. Dostoyewvsky's echo in drama "Yekaterina Ivanovna" Cover Image

Леонид Андреев — психолог человеческой души. Эхо Достоевского в драме "Екатерина Ивановна"
Leonid Adreyev as a psychologist of the human soul. F. Dostoyewvsky's echo in drama "Yekaterina Ivanovna"

Author(s): Paulina Charko
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Leonid Andreyev; Fiodor Dostoyevsky; psychologism; panpsychism; Russin drama

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to present L. Andreyev as a psychologist of the human soul, who based his conception of philosophy on F. Dostoyevsky’s psychologism. The subject of the analysis is psychological drama "Yekaterina Ivanovna." The first part of the article is subjected to the study of Andreyev’s human conception, based on the image of a man in Dostoyevsky’s works. The problem of beauty and evil in man, which was brought up in drama, is a clear reference to the Dostoyevsky’s concept. Among the differences in philosophical concepts we can list different opinions about God and freedom.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 11-27
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian