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Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky’s Liars and Narrative Exposure Deborah Martinsen
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780814209219
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ohio State University Press
ISBN-10
0814209211
ISBN-13
9780814209219
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2421738
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Publication Name
Surprised by Shame : Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Modern / 19th Century, Rhetoric, Semiotics & Theory, Russian & Former Soviet Union
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Series
Theory and Interpretation of Narrative Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2002-153881
Reviews
"Shame, Deborah Martinsen assures us, is back. How this psychological universal complicates the life of the spirit might well be Dostoevsky's major contribution to the plot dynamics of the nineteenth-century novel. In her compelling study, Martinsen draws on ethical philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychoanalysis, and her subject's own staggering narrative gifts to pry out the secrets of this powerful emotion, at its most vulnerable and infectious in the mouth of the compulsive exhibitionist-liar. A wonderful and unsettling book, as Deostoevsky desired his own novels to be." --Caryl Emerson, Princeton University, "This pathbreaking book brings together two separate areas of discourse--the branch of psychology that focuses on shame and literary criticism. Deborah Martinsen's overall purpose is to demonstrate the profound understanding Dostoevsky had of the implications of shame for his characters, for the plots of his novel, for contemporary Russian culture, and, above all, for his readers. The entire book literally brims with original readings and exciting connections among things hitherto unconnected. Surprised by Shame places Martinsen at the front rank of Dostoevsky scholarship." --Robin Feuer Miller, Brandeis University, "This book has the rare distinction of addressing a complex of issues so prevalent in Dostoevsky's work that one wonders why they have previously received little careful consideration. Indeed, Dostoevsky's oeuvre manifests an obsession with shame, lying, and exposure, and Martinsen lays the groundwork for the understanding of this crucial thematic cluster. . . . Martinsen's book raises a wealth of stimulating problems and offers many insightful interpretations." -- Slavic and East European Journal
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
891.73/3
Table Of Content
Surprised by Shame Something about Lying Shame's Legacy: Fathers and Children General Ivolgin: Narratives of Shame and Identity Confessional Moments Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky: Leaving the Narrator Behind Divided Selves Lukian Lebedev: Narrative and Exposure Metaliterary Identity Captain Lebiadkin: Pretender Politics and Poetics Father and Son: Legacy of Shame
Synopsis
Combines shame studies and literary criticism to uncover new perspectives on Dostoevsky as writer and psychologist, with his lying characters as case studies., In Surprised by Shame, Deborah A. Martinsen combines shame studies and literary criticism. She begins with a discussion of shame dynamics, including the tendency of those who witness shame to feel shame themselves. Because Dostoevsky identified shame as a fundamental source of lying, Martinsen focuses on scenes when liars are exposed. She argues that by making readers witness such scandal scenes, Dostoevsky surprises them with shame, thereby collapsing the distance between readers and characters and viscerally involving them in his message of human interconnection. Treating Dostoevsky's liars as case studies, Surprised by Shame discusses varieties of shame and shamelessness; it also illustrates how Dostoevsky uses lying to indicate and expose subconscious processes. In addition, Martinsen demonstrates how Dostoevsky plucks shame from the realm of character trait and plot motive and embeds it in the narrative dynamics of The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov, thereby plunging readers into fictional experience and ethically transforming them. By focusing on shame, this book uncovers new perspectives on Dostoevsky as writer and psychologist. By exposing how shame dynamics implicate readers in texts' ethical actions, it enriches understanding of his tremendous influence on twentieth-century thinkers and writers. Finally, reading Dostoevsky as a prophet of shame-begotten violence reveals his universal relevance in a twenty-first century already scarred by acts of violence.
LC Classification Number
PG3328.Z7S526 2003
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