CONFESSIONAL DISCOURSES IN THE NOVELS OF F.M. DOSTOEVSKY «THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV» AND B.L. PASTERNAK «DOCTOR ZHIVAGO»


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Confessional type statements of characters in «The Brothers Karamazov» and «Doctor Zhivago» are treated as components of hagiographic genre in the multi-genre integrity of novels. The author explores the distinction between the ideal revelations of rational characters and of revelations of the soul, belonging to the heroes of irrational character. Culminating role of these statements in the storyline of heroes and also their significance as an expression of author’s consciousness within the framework of subjective expression of author’s consciousness is underlined.

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E. M. Bondarchuk

Samara State Aerospace University

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