Dlaczego Lew Myszkin nie jest Chrystusem?

• Authors: Katarzyna Krasucka

Title variants

EN

Why is Lev Myshkin not a Christ?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the role Lev Myshkin plays in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Idiot. It argues that he should be considered as a man, perhaps the perfect man, but not as Christ, which is what some scholars studying Dostoyevsky’s literary output have suggested. Treating the main character of The Idiot as Christ involves assuming his god-human nature, while the novel does not provide sufficient evidence for it. The interpretation of the character’s nature presented in this article makes reference to the works of the representatives of the Russian religious and philosophical Renaissance who consider Myshkin to be a false Christ.

Keywords

EN

FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY; “THE IDIOT”; LEV MYSHKIN; JESUS CHRIST

• Publisher: Bialystok University Press
• Journal: Archeus. Studia z bioetyki i antropologii filozoficznej
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 141-154

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Krasucka

• dr Katarzyna Krasucka, Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Katedra Bioetyki i Antropologii Filozoficznej, Pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 15–240 Białystok, POLAND