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How D.H. Lawrence Amends Dostoevsky’S Reality, Amanda R. Brown
How D.H. Lawrence Amends Dostoevsky’S Reality, Amanda R. Brown
Spring 2014, Dostoevsky
This paper explores the reception of Dostoevsky by British modernists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Particularly, it focuses on D.H. Lawrence's reaction to Dostoevsky. Outlined in the body of the paper is Lawrence's reality, which is deemed far more radical than Dostoevsky's reality, which is also described in depth. Both Dostoevsky's and Lawrence's world-visions are examined through their portrayal of religion, moral guilt, rationality, and sense of self. Lawrence creates a new religion and characters devoid of guilt. He replaces traditional rationality with a novel system of physical consciousness and portrays genuine characters. On the other hand, …
Dostoevsky, Raskolnikov, And Freedom In Crime And Punishment, Ryan P. Fink
Dostoevsky, Raskolnikov, And Freedom In Crime And Punishment, Ryan P. Fink
Spring 2014, Dostoevsky
An analysis of the character of Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and his journey towards a truer understanding of freedom. This paper comments on 'freedom' as understood by St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle, and applies this view of freedom to the characters of Raskolnikov, Sonya, Svidrigailov and Porfiry. The paper shows how the Thomistic-Aristotelian view of freedom is prevalent in this work by Dostoevsky.