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May 17th @ 7:00 pm

Dostoevsky’s Pilgrimage: Aesthetics and Ascesis in “The Brothers Karamazov”

May 17
Dostoevsky’s Pilgrimage: Aesthetics and Ascesis in “The Brothers Karamazov”

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Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Dostoevsky’s final novel, set partly in a monastery, continues to shape contemporary images of Orthodox Christian monasticism and ascetic practice. Bird will examine how well Dostoevsky actually knew this milieu and this tradition, and how profoundly his knowledge affected his writing of The Brothers Karamazov. This will serve as a case study for the broader question of the influence of the Orthodox Christian ascetic tradition on modern Russian aesthetics.

Social Sciences, Room 122

1126 E 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637
Hyde Park, IL