THE POLEMIC BETWEEN DOSTOYEVSKY AND GONCHAROV ON TYPE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYMBOLIC WORLDVIEW Cover Image

ПОЛЕМИКА ДОСТОЕВСКОГО И ГОНЧАРОВА О ТИПЕ В КОНТЕКСТЕ СИМВОЛИЧЕСКОГО МИРОСОЗЕРЦАНИЯ
THE POLEMIC BETWEEN DOSTOYEVSKY AND GONCHAROV ON TYPE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYMBOLIC WORLDVIEW

Author(s): Sergey Sharakov
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Russian Literature, Philosophy of Language
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: F.M. Dostoyevsky; I.A. Goncharov; type; symbol; artistic thinking;

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the problem of typification in the works of Dostoyevsky. The polemic between Dostoyevsky and Goncharov on type as well as the nature and methods of artistic generalization in the works of these authors are analyzed. The following assumption is made: according to Dostoyevsky, everything that is typical corresponds to the category of symbol. The peculiarities of artistic generalization in the novels “Oblomov” and “The Brothers Karamazov” are investigated. It is concluded that the main category of Dostoyevsky’s artistic thinking is the category of symbol, whereas Goncharov’s creativity is based on typification.

  • Issue Year: 156/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 155-162
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian