EN 3452 Lecture Notes - A Confession, Apen, Nevsky Prospect
23 Apr 2014
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Notes from underground is polemical, dostoevsky"s answer in debate between himself and nikolay chernyshevsky (what"s to be done?) and ivan turgenev (fathers and. Sons): chernyshevsky"s book considered the bible of radicals, believed man to be innately good, amenable to reason. Vasily rozanov: russian writer in tune with spirtual philosophy of dostoevsky. Existentialist perspective of novella: man"s choice is eternal, every choice must be his, free of imposition from above. Analysis questions: the title of this work was once a confession. to whom is the narrator. How: reread the opening paragraph of chapter xi.
