The image of the criminal in F. Schiller’s short story “The Criminal from Lost Honor” and in F. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”
https://doi.org/10.26907/2074-0239-2021-63-1-214-218
Abstract
The article studies the way the image of the criminal is embodied in F. Schiller’s story “The Criminal from Lost Honor” and in F. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. The comparative analysis allows us to draw a conclusion about the similarity of the authors’ aesthetic views. Both writers rely on the principle of anthropocentrism. Both Schiller and Dostoevsky focus on the inner world of the protagonist, not on the event component. Despite the many differences in the depiction of the criminal, both authors’ poetics has common features - the image of a person who is under the influence of conscience and morality. The aesthetic ideal of the Russian writer is a person who expresses moral principles and the divine in man. The theoretical thought of the Russian writer contains the idea of moral beauty. Harmony and good looks are just an outward appearance, while high morals are F. Dostoevsky’s aesthetic ideal. The characters of his works strive for this beauty and truth. The Russian writer speaks about the duality of beauty, the “two abysses” of the human soul: “the Sodom one”, which is low, sinful, and sensual, connected with the beauty of the body, and “the Madonna one” - high, connected with spiritual beauty; a person can have both. The writer’s aesthetic ideal is spiritual beauty.
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E. Sycheva
Moscow Financial and Industrial University “Synergy”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena Olegovna Sycheva, Assistant Professor
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Sycheva E. The image of the criminal in F. Schiller’s short story “The Criminal from Lost Honor” and in F. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. Philology and Culture. 2021;(1):214-218. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2074-0239-2021-63-1-214-218
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