Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.32728/tab.21.2024.6

Prilepin’s novel Obitel and Dostoyevsky traditions

Nataliia Strelnikova ; Sankt-Peterburško elektrotehničko sveučilište „LETI“, Rusija

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the novel “The Dwelling-place” (“Obitel”) by Z. Prilepin, the action of which takes place presumably in 1929 at the Solovetsky Monastery territory, where SLON (Solovki prison camp) has been located since 1923. It seems fruitful to compare this novel with the feature article “Zapiski iz Mërtvogo doma“ (“The House of the Dead”) by F. M. Dostoyevsky, which is the forerunner of “the (concentration) camp theme” in Russian literature history. During such comparative analysis the composition as well as motives and figurative system similarity is found out. Despite of the situation’s typological proximity, the authors’ aims are quite different, which leads to diverse ends. Furthermore, the authors’ attitude towards the heroes and their world outlook position turned out to be absolutely opposed.

Principal concern in the article was given to the novel’s title semantics, main hero character, inconsistency between the theme and the genre. Numerous reminiscences, which had been found during the research, refer to other F. M. Dostoyevsky works (“Crime and punishment”, “The Brothers Karamazov”), allowing us to look at Prilepin’s novel more deeply and impartially.

Keywords

camp prose; Solovetsky Monastery; dwelling-place; Dostoyevsky; genre

Hrčak ID:

321188

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/321188

Publication date:

3.10.2024.

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