THE CONFLICTING PERCEPTIONS OF DOSTOYEVSKY IN THE NOVEL "THE IDIOT"

Svetlana Radtchenko-Draillard (1)

1 UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7

The objective of my article is to analyze the psychoanalytic perspective intuitive perceptions of Dostoyevsky on the conflict between good and evil. According to my hypothesis in search of these psychic perceptions, aggravated by epileptic seizures, Dostoyevsky has created the double characters in the novel 'The Idiot' (beneficent - the incarnation of love; demonic - the incarnation of death), to starting from the single entity. Dostoyevsky here denouncing the perversion of philosophical ideas and criminal acts which cause the discomfort of the Russian society of the time and defends the human moral values.

Mots clés: The objective of my article is to analyze the psychoanalytic perspective intuitive perceptions of Dostoyevsky on the conflict between good and evil. According to my hypothesis in search of these psychic perceptions; aggravated by epileptic seizures; Dostoyevsky has created the double characters in the novel 'The Idiot' (beneficent - the incarnation of love; demonic - the incarnation of death); to starting from the single entity. Dostoyevsky here denouncing the perversion of philosophical ideas and criminal acts which cause the discomfort of the Russian society of the time and defends the human moral values. Keywords: conflicts; splitting of the personality; doubles; epilepsy; masochism; perversion; femininity.

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Psychologie

Svetlana Radtchenko-Draillard. THE CONFLICTING PERCEPTIONS OF DOSTOYEVSKY IN THE NOVEL "THE IDIOT". 2019. ⟨hal-02193439⟩