Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky's Death According to Forensic Medical Documents Cover Image

Смерть Михаила Андреевича Достоевского в судебно-медицинских документах
Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky's Death According to Forensic Medical Documents

Author(s): Georgy Prokhorov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Philology
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: text and context; discursive practics; contextual reading; Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky

Summary/Abstract: There are left only isolated, minor documents on the official investigation of an unexpected death of M.A. Dostoevsky, the writer’s father. Among others, cause of death statement. Based on forensic-medical instructions we reconstruct the context and try to read the resolution part of the forensic medical opinion of Kashira district physician I.I.Shenkneht, reveal internal consistency of the text, as well as its conformity with the ideas and rules of the first half of the 19th century.

  • Issue Year: 2/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 26-37
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English, Russian