Female Characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novels in Interpretation of Vyacheslav Ivanov
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-4-172-188
Abstract
The article analyzes the works of Vyacheslav Ivanov on Fyodor Dostoevsky. Using the material from the book “Dostoevsky: Tragedy — Myth — Mysticism” (1932), the research principles and interpretive strategies implemented by Vyacheslav Ivanov in interpreting the female characters in Dostoevsky’s novels “Crime and Punishment,” “The Devils,” and “The Idiot” are identified. It is shown that Ivanov’s conception of the artistic features of characters such as Sonya Marmeladova, Alena Ivanovna, Maria Timofeevna, and Nastasya Filippovna are revealed in the context of the “main myth” of the works. The mythopoetic and functional aspects are highlighted as the most significant in Ivanov’s interpretations of the female characters. Additionally, it is argued that the psychological and spiritual characteristics of the heroines are not overlooked by the hermeneutist, as understanding the nuances of their inner world was necessary for him to reveal the mythopoetic functions. Through Ivanov’s interpretations of Dostoevsky’s female characters, it becomes evident that the poet-thinker’s approach to the writer’s works represents a synthesis of philosophical conceptualization and historical-literary perspective.
Keywords
female characters,
history of science,
Fyodor Dostoevsky,
Vyacheslav Ivanov,
hermeneutics,
literary studies
Supporting agencies: The study is supported by Russian Science Foundation, project number 19-78-10100-P
About the Author
Yu. Yu. Anokhina
А. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia Yu. Anokhina, PhD in Philology, Research Laboratory “Rossica: Russian Literature in a Global Cultural Context”
Moscow
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