Essays about: "Dostoevsky"

Found 2 essays containing the word Dostoevsky.

  1. 1. The name Jehovah on trial in Russia : Is it an inappropriate and disqualifying addition made to the Bible, or has the Russian nation been deprived of the awareness of its origin?

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Sandra Magnusson; [2022]
    Keywords : Banned Bible translation; God’s name; Russia; Jehovah in Russian literature; Jehovah in Russian history; Russian Bible translation; Russian Bible Society; Divine name; Gerasim Pavsky; Pushkin; Karamzin; Dostoevsky; Soviet Union propaganda; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Запрещён перевод Библии; имя Бога; Иегова в русской литературе; Иегова в русской истории; русский перевод Библии; Российское библейское общество; советская пропаганда; Свидетели Иеговы; Förbjuden bibelöversättning; Guds namn; Ryssland; Jehova i rysk litteratur; Jehova i rysk historia; rysk bibelöversättning; Ryska Bibelsällskapet; Gerasim Pavskij; Pusjkin; Karamzin; Dostojevskij; sovjetisk propaganda; Jehovas vittnen;

    Abstract : Because of the recent ban on a Bible translation, in part because of the renderingof God’s name as Jehovah, this thesis analyses what can be learned on the topic of the attitude in Russia towards that name from a historic viewpoint. Early occurrences of the name within the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as examples of prominent authors’ usage of the name in the secular literary sphere, are being discussed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Who is Percival? Intertextuality, Monologism and Heteroglossia in Virginia Woolf’s "The Waves"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Helena Rödholm Siegrist; [2012-06-28]
    Keywords : Intertextuality; Monologism; Heteroglossia; The Waves; Percival; Virginia Woolf;

    Abstract : The essay “Who is Percival?” discusses the complex questions which arise from the obvious contradictions between the ideals of the hero Percival in Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves and the political opinions which Woolf herself expressed in some of her other texts. The author acts as an invisible narrator; the reader cannot be sure of her point of view. READ MORE