Das Lebenswerk des Fëdor M. Dostojevskij im Kontext der Epilepsie
FYODOR M. DOSTOEVSKY’S LIFE'S WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF EPILEPSY
Author(s): Gudrun GoesSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: Dostoevsky’s portrait of life; epilepsy: sacred disease; curse; fear; or transcendence; Prince Myshkin
Summary/Abstract: Medical doctors and friends alike have confirmed that Dostoevsky suffered from epilepsy. It was an essential part of the poet's life, his self-determination and literary creativity. Thus, he was able to appreciate all the ups and downs of human life, for example, in the character and ambivalence of Prince Myshkin. The novel became a paradigm of modernism in which medicine and literature are no longer contradictions, but offer an analytic view of human existence.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 38
- Page Range: 11-30
- Page Count: 20
- Language: German