Death, New Land, and New Nature in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Idiot

• Published in: Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal
• Main Author: Tatiana A. Kasatkina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2020
• Subjects: dostoevsky; the idiot; concepts in the novel; new; death; new land; new nature; resurrection; the two natures of man; newfoundland dog; non-scorpion; soldier kolpakov; Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages; PG1-9665; The Soldier; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2020-3-16-39; https://doaj.org/article/b8c9547302294e0b9c81dbac25f28e8a

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the main concepts in the novel The Idiot aimed at a better understanding of its most enigmatic scenes. The main word of the novel is “new”, both on a plot level and on a deeper, ontological one. The novel vividly demonstrates how the manifestation of the “...