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How Dostoevsky portrays women in his novels : a feminist analysis /
This study explores the relationship between public work and influence, and private faith and spiritual development, through the female characters in Dostoevsky's novels; and also the influence of one writer upon another. The intention was, first, to establish whether, in literary terms, women...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
Edwin Mellen Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Transliteration and references
- Chronology of Dostoevsky's life and publications
- Foreword / Professor Joe Andrew
- 1 : Introduction. Rationale and methodology ; A 'new word' for feminist theologians ; Theology and literature ; Feminist theology and women's experience ; Thematic development ; Literary theory and interpretation of the text ; Structure and development ; A new conversation
- 2 : Dostoevsky's life : a biographical sketch. Status of the biography of the writer ; Dostoevsky's early years ; Formative adult experiences ; Dostoevsky's wives, daughters, and friends ; The Decembrist wives ; Dostoevsky's view of art ; Dostoevsky's artistic response to the influence of women
- 3 : Development of a theological perspective in the early novels. Poor Folk ; Netochka Nezvanova ; Notes from Underground
- 4 : Crime and punishment. Critical views of Crime and punishment ; Critical views of Sonya ; Introducing Sonya ; Enter Sonya ; Sonya visits Raskolnikov ; Raskolnikov's first visit to Sonya ; Raskolnikov's second visit to Sonya ; Raskolnikov's third visit to Sonya ; Women's voices ; The sister : Avdotya Romanovna (Dunya) ; The mother, Pulcheria Alexandrovna ; The mother writes to her son ; The stepmother, Katerina Ivanovna ; The role of the seamstress ; Metanoia : conversion or change of heart? ; Sonya's 'new word' for Raskolnikov
- 5 : Idiot. A 'perfectly beautiful' human being ; Social context and setting ; Female relationships : a feminist theological perspective ; Woman as heroine or victim? ; Images of Christ ; Portrayal of beauty in women ; The disappearing heroine ; Lizaveta Prokofyevna ; Yepanchina ; Nastasya Filippovna and Aglaya ; Letters and meetings ; Nastasya Filippovna's letters to Aglaya ; Mimesis and the art of conversation ; Part one ; Part two ; Part three ; Part four ; Development of the concept of beauty in human relationships
- 6 : Krotkaya. Questions of form ; Questions of translation and intertextuality ; Chapter headings ; Questions raised by the Pawnbroker ; Setting ; Duality (antithetical pairs) ; Points of view ; Time ; Peripeteia ; The duel ; The Pawnbroker as the 'double' : the split personality ; Dreams ; The song and the voice ; Power and revenge ; The icon ; Iconic representation in Krotkaya
- 7 : Brothers Karamazov. The concept of personal sacrifice in loving relationships ; Family relationships ; The sacrificial love of the mother ; The daughter's point of view ; The mother's point of view ; Liza confronts her demons ; 'Sisters and rivals' in Brothers Karamazov ; Katerina and Grushenka meet Alyosha ; Character of Katerina ; Character of Grushenka ; Grushenka's dream ; Dmitri's dream ; Liza's dreams ; The final confrontation between Katerina and Grushenka ; The example of the Mother of God in personal and family relationships ; Maternal grief and Christian forgiveness
- 8 : Conclusion. Summary of thematic references and questions ; A feminist theological response ; Diaries and letters ; Dostoevsky as journalist and novelist ; Mothers and daughters ; What is new for feminist theologians in this study? ; Concluding remarks
- Appendix A : Child abuse themes
- Appendix B : Matryosha (devils).