The image of Germany in A Writer's Diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Imagologiya i komparativistika – Imagology and Comparative Studies. 2018. № 9. DOI: 10.17223/24099554/9/5

The image of Germany in A Writer's Diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The paper explores the image of Germany, represented in A Writer's Diary by F.M. Dostoevsky during Balkan crisis 1876 andRusso-Turkish war 1877-1878. The purpose of this paper is to summarize Dostoevsky's views, thoughts, reflections and ideas on the Germans as a people, on Germany as a military-political unity, its ideology, mysticism, cultural-religious stance and political significance for Russian Empire. Particular attention is paid to the geopolitical significance of Europe in the imaginary geography of Dostoevsky.

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Dostoevsky, Orientalism, A Writer's Diary, Germany, Lichtenberger, Достоевский, Ориентализм, Дневник писателя, Германия, Лихтенбергер

Authors

Name	Organization	E-mail
Alekseev Pavel V.	Gorno-Altaisk State University	conceptia@mail.ru
Billiet Edgar	University of Gent	edgarbilliet@hotmail.com

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