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CATEGORIES:The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society (CamRuSS)
SUMMARY:Marking the Bicentenary of Dostoevsky's Birth – A 
 talk by V. Dimitriev (in Russian): On the Structur
 e of the Idea in Dostoevsky's Works - Dr Victor Di
 mitriev\, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin
  House)\, Russian Academy of Sciences\, St Petersb
 urg\; Higher School of Economics (HSE) University\
 , St Petersburg
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T210000
UID:TALK164023AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/164023
DESCRIPTION:Dr Dimitriev's lecture will examine the hallmark o
 f Dostoevsky's plot construction in his later work
 s: the action in Dostoevsky's novels develops in s
 uch a way that the fate and character of any given
  protagonist may alter significantly without exhau
 stive explanation in the plot. The shift in Raskol
 nikov's outlook\, Stavrogin's sufferings after his
  crime against Matryosha or the character developm
 ent of Arkady Dolgoruky as he comes of age are not
  sufficiently motivated by any particular plot dev
 elopments. An analysis of the manuscript history r
 eveals the unfolding complexity of the grounding o
 f protagonists' motivations in the plot: the passa
 ges removed from the novels' preparatory materials
  are precisely those which might have rendered pos
 sible an unambiguous psychological or moral underp
 inning of a protagonist's actions. As will be demo
 nstrated in Dr Dimitriev's lecture\, this distinct
 ive feature is also linked to the structure of the
  idea in Dostoevsky's novels. In Dr Dimitriev's vi
 ew\, it is not that the protagonists become the se
 rvants of ideas in Dostoevsky's texts\, but rather
  it would be more accurate to say that particular 
 stages in the lives of the protagonists create par
 ticular forms of the idea. It is the changing char
 acter of ideas\, and their dependence on particula
 r moments in the lives of the protagonists\, that 
 renders possible that ambiguity of plot which is s
 o important to the writer.\n\nThe lecture will be 
 followed by a Q&A session. Live gist translation i
 nto English will be provided in the Zoom chat.\n\n
 *WHEN:* Thursday 4 November\, 19:00\n\n*WHERE:* Zo
 om\n\n*LANGUAGE:* Russian (with live gist translat
 ion into English via the Zoom chat)\n\n*FEE:* Volu
 ntary donation (see below)\n\nPlease "REGISTER in 
 advance":https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/
 tZYtce2hrTsiG9A1B8KcKiVIjKzfpVKYJ0L5 (with your na
 me and email address). After registering\, you wil
 l receive a confirmation email with a Zoom joining
  link.\n\nSee this event on the "CamRuSS website":
 http://www.camruss.com/en/events/marking-the-bicen
 tenary-of-dostoevskys-birth-a-talk-by-v-dimitriev-
 in-russian-on-the-structure-of-the-idea-in-dostoev
 skys-works/.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\n"Dr Victor 
 Dimitriev":http://pushkinskijdom.ru/nauchnye-otdel
 y/otdel-novoj-russkoj-literatury/gruppa-po-izuchen
 iyu-tvorchestva-f-m-dostoevskogo/sotrudniki/viktor
 -mihajlovich-dimitriev/ (born 1989) holds the degr
 ee of Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in Philology. He
  is a Junior Research Fellow and member of the Dos
 toevsky Group at the Institute of Russian Literatu
 re (Pushkin House)\, Russian Academy of Sciences\,
  St Petersburg and a Senior Lecturer at the St Pet
 ersburg campus of the Higher School of Economics (
 HSE) University.\n\nWhile there is no charge for o
 ur online events\, CamRuSS would welcome any donat
 ions towards the support of our volunteers' effort
 s during this time.\n\nSuggested donation £5-£10.\
 n\nAll money raised by CamRuSS from membership fee
 s & donations goes towards organising events\, sup
 porting community projects\, and essential technic
 al and administrative costs.\n\nYou can send your 
 donations via:\n\n* a direct bank transfer (BACS) 
 to the following account: The Cambridge Russian-Sp
 eaking Society\, NatWest Bank\, Sort Code: 60-11-3
 0\, Account: 25395637\n\n* PayPal to the following
  email address: camruss@camruss.com\n\nTHANK YOU F
 OR YOUR SUPPORT
LOCATION:Online
CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
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