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Disturbing the Balance – Woody Allen Reads Dostoyevsky

Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Esej je namenjen polemični medbesedilni korespondenci, ki se pojavlja \nmed dramo Woodyja Allena Zločini in prekrški ter romanom \nFjodorja Dostojevskega Bratje Karamazovi. V okviru primerjalne \nanalize avtor predstavlja semantične in strukturne podobnosti med \nobema deloma, hkrati pa opozarja na bistvene svetovnonazorske razlike. \nTematika moralnih posledic zavrnitve vere, ki jo je Dostojevski \npredstavil s perspektive vernika pravoslavne cerkve, je postala za \nAllena izhodiščna točka za razmišljanje o eksistencialni osamljenosti \nčloveka. \nThis paper discusses the polemic, intertextual correspondence which \noccurs between Woody Allen’s drama Crimes and Misdemeanors \nand Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. Through \na comparative analysis, the author reveals structural analogies between \nboth works, but also fundamental ideological differences. \nDostoyevky’s approach to the subject of the moral consequences of \nrejection of religious faith was that of a follower of the Orthodox \nfaith. For Allen, a similar topic became the pretext for deliberations \non man’s existential solitude.
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
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