Földes, G., Horváth, G. S. and Szávai, D., eds. (2021). Dosztojevszkij 200. Dosztojevszkij kelet- és közép-európai olvasatai

Abstract

The collection comprises 28 papers written in the wake of the scholarly conference hosted by the University of Pannonia (Veszprém, Hungary) in 2021 in celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. The book’s objective is to accomplish a comparative study of his works and determine their influence on the worldview of the region’s literature and culture, as well as identify current and potential areas of Dostoevsky studies. Papers in the first section contain semantic and intertextual analyses of Dostoevsky’s artistic images, motifs, and ideologemes. The second section deals with the reception and interpretation of Dostoevsky’s oeuvre in Hungary. Papers in the third section examine Dostoevsky’s influence on Hungarian ideology and literature and draw parallels between works of European (F. Nietzsche, R. M. Rilke, L. Rebreanu, J. Andrzejewski, E. T. A. Hoffmann) and Hungarian (Dezső Kosztolányi, Zsigmond Móricz, and Géza Gárdonyi) literature — and Dostoevsky’s texts. The final section explores the constant exchange between Pilinszky’s poetry and Dostoevsky’s writings.