Literary Portraits in the Novels of F. M. Dostoevskij
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Author(s)
Heier, Edmund
Language
EnglishAbstract
In approaching F. M . Dostoevskij's novels with the express purpose of identifying and determining the function of literary portraiture, one is faced with an unexpected enormous gallery of literary portraits. These are verbal accounts or drawings in words, in which physical appearance and facial expression are described not only to evoke a visual image, but more specifically to discern the inner man. The vast amount of material that came to light in the pursuit of this study has necessitated a selection and omission of equally valid specimens, which would further substantiate that Dostoevskij was a close observer of the physical properties of his characters and that he employed them to delineate psychological and moral disposition.
Keywords
19th Century novel; characterization in Dostoyevsky; Dostoevskij; Dostoyevsky's concept of man; Heier; Literary; literary portraiture; Novels; Portraits; russian literatureDOI
10.3726/b12997ISBN
9783954794041Publication date and place
Bern, 1989Series
Vortraege und Abhandlungen zur Slavistik,Classification
Literature & literary studies