Chapter Ономастика и Парадокс: Достоевский и крушение онтологической целостности персонажа

Onomastics and Paradox: Dostoevsky and the Collapse of the Ontological Integrity of Character. Onomastics plays a key role in Dostoevsky's poetics: the names of most of his characters are essential to their portraits, even though these names rarely signify unambiguously. Moreover, a number of h...

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Main Author: Apollonio, Carol (auth)
Other Authors: Aloe, Stefano (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:Russian
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2023
Series:Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici 52
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Summary:Onomastics and Paradox: Dostoevsky and the Collapse of the Ontological Integrity of Character. Onomastics plays a key role in Dostoevsky's poetics: the names of most of his characters are essential to their portraits, even though these names rarely signify unambiguously. Moreover, a number of his characters are nameless and a semantic tension arises from this absence: the impossibility of "branding" the hero with a name prevents us from identifying his or her features through verbal onomastic symbolism. The portrait of such characters necessarily remains somewhat murky. It is no coincidence that the "nameless heroes" are the most paradoxical and enigmatic characters of Dostoevsky's creative world. By denying them names, Dostoevsky seeks to destroy the inner integrity of these heroes, their identity, in order that a living, independent, and contradictory personality emerges in them.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (16 p.)
ISBN:979-12-215-0122-3.07
9791221501223
Access:Open Access