Abstract

OF RASKOL'NIKOV AS ROMANTIC HERO IN DOSTOEVSKII'S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT The problem studied in this thesis was whether Raskol'nikov can be qualified as a Romantic Hero in the tradition of European Romanticism. First, Romanticism was identified as a literary movement which began in the late eighteenth century and died out toward the middle of the nineteenth century and also as a frequent psychological phenomenon. Second, the origins of Romanticism in literature v/ere traced. Then, Romanticism was compared to Classicism. Romanticism as a literary movement in Europe was discussed with particular emphasis on the Romantic Movement in Russia in the early l800's. There followed an outline of the back- ground of F. M. Dostoevskii and the novel Crime and Punishment. Preceding the chapter on Raskol'nikov as a Romantic Hero, there was an outline of Romanticism according to Morse Peckham, an American scholar. Then, with Peckham's framework as a guide, there followed a discussion of Raskol'nikov's character as demonstrated by the action of the novel. Lastly, there was a chapter on Russian and Soviet criticism of Dostoevskii's work.

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