Роль аллюзивных микросюжетов в структуре образов героев раннего творчества Ф. М. Достоевского

Abstract

The aim of the study is to identify the role of allusive micro-plots in the structure of protagonists’ images in F. M. Dostoevsky’s works written before his exile to a katorga prison camp. The study is original in that it is the first to touch on the topic of the importance of micro-plots for creating protagonists’ images in Dostoevsky’s early writings. In this case, the plots serve for Dostoevsky as an allusion to the literary context of the epoch when creating protagonists’ images. The analysis of the micro-plots makes it possible to understand why the protagonists need a “plot” so much, their life is often meaningless, it lacks the sharpness that is contained in the stories they invent. In addition, we analyse the novella “The Landlady”, which rarely becomes the object of research, but is of particular importance for understanding Dostoevsky’s early writings and the structure of dreamers’ images. The results showed that the micro-plots reflect the inability of the characters-dreamers to join the real world, the inner content of the protagonists’ souls manifested in these plots becomes more important than reality and replaces it. It is significant that most of the micro-plots are of romantic origin, which sets the second dimension of the protagonists’ life in St. Petersburg. In many ways, it is due to the micro-plots that the image of the St. Petersburg dreamer is created.