Dostoevsky by Adorno: the literary metaphysics of life damaged in the novel The Double

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2020.2.37974

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Theodor Adorno. Feodor Dostoevsky. The double

Abstract

The objective of the text is to analyze Theodor Adorno’s mentions of Dostoevsky’s work, emphasizing the relationship between the philosopher’s conception of “damaged life” and the Russian author’s literary work. It is at stake to demonstrate how much the “negative epic” seen by Adorno in Dostoevsky is embodied in the delineation of an underground subjectivity from the idea of a fragmented subjective excess, which leads to the idea of bad conscience and, finally, to psychic bankruptcy. Such elements will be investigated in the interpretation of the novel “The double. Petersburg poem “, by Dostoevsky.

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Verlaine Freitas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; Estágio de Pós-doutorado na University of Windsor, Canadá (2011). Professor Titular da UFMG em Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil e pesquisador do CNPq.

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2020-07-27

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Freitas, V. (2020). Dostoevsky by Adorno: the literary metaphysics of life damaged in the novel The Double. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 65(2), e37974. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2020.2.37974

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