The Context of Murder in Light of the Female Figures of Crime and Punishment

ISBN-13: 9786204767642 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str.

Peter Bali-Farkas

Opis

This paper was written during the MA in Russian language and literature at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. The paper compares the main female characters in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. Both semantic and linguistic points are touched upon, but it should be borne in mind that the present work is centred on a literary studies point of view. The sub-themes, which are important for further research, are listed here, but there is no framework for their more detailed elaboration. The sections deal with the general features of female figures, "mothers" in the figurative sense, analyses of the protagonist's dreams, and presents findings from semiotics and psychoanalysis. Along the text, there will be a juxtaposition of the aforementioned as fragments of the same whole. This work represents the first stage of my future research career, and since it was written I have participated in various conferences and research events. So far I have published my articles, presentations and papers in Hungarian or Russian, but in the future I would be happy to share my experiences and results in English as well.

O autorze

Bali-Farkas, PeterMy area of research is nineteenth-century Russian literature, mainly the poetics and semiotics of Dostoevsky's works. My aim is to better understand the deep truths of the human psyche through the works of the great novelist, thus trying to become a qualified writer.