Irony and seriousness in the Russian novel: notes to read Dostoevsky from Kierkegaard's point of view

The article considers that Kierkegaard's analyzes of romantic irony carry a critical and explanatory potential capable of shedding light on the philosophical and aesthetic significance of Dostoevsky's romanesque works. Considering the judgment of Bakhtin, who recognized in Dostoevsky'...

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Autor: Cabral, Jimmy Sudario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:RUS (São Paulo)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/169009
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/169009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dostoevsky
Kierkegaard
Irony
Romanticism
Nihilism
Dostoiévski
Ironia
Romantismo
Niilismo
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Sumario:The article considers that Kierkegaard's analyzes of romantic irony carry a critical and explanatory potential capable of shedding light on the philosophical and aesthetic significance of Dostoevsky's romanesque works. Considering the judgment of Bakhtin, who recognized in Dostoevsky's polyphonic Novel an expression of overcoming the philosophical solipsism of romanticism, the article proposes that the kierkegaardian concept of “dominated irony”, present in the last part of his dissertation on The concept of irony, can be used as a key to the interpretation of Dostoevsky's aesthetics, as well as his diagnosis and attempt to overcome the aesthetic nihilism of romantics.