tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post942859946860090587..comments2023-10-12T07:59:31.827-04:00Comments on Antiquitopia: Paul and RaskolnikovJared Calawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-84352449227132392732009-04-19T13:06:00.000-04:002009-04-19T13:06:00.000-04:00Or just instantaneous moments of recognition, such...Or just instantaneous moments of recognition, such as a look, a flash in the eyes.Jared Calawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-63599020904052029152009-04-18T22:43:00.000-04:002009-04-18T22:43:00.000-04:00I like Brothers Karamazov best of all as well.
O...I like Brothers Karamazov best of all as well. <br /><br />One of the things I find persuasive about Dostoevsky is his limitation of redemption to fleeting moments marked by nothing more than a kiss. A kiss which says it all, yet the kiss leaves the one who receives it empty-handed and suffering more perhaps, rather than less, in the aftermath.John Hobbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011346264727684917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-61433384911973292772009-04-18T22:32:00.000-04:002009-04-18T22:32:00.000-04:00Dear John,
It is not quite bedtime reading. I am...Dear John,<br /><br />It is not quite bedtime reading. I am actually teaching this for my literature class. And no worries about spoilers. I have read it before. It is definitely a novel to reread.<br /><br />I absolutely love Dostoevsky. I personally like Brothers Karamazov the best, but I agree that Crime and Punishment is also very excellent. Of course for Raskolnikov the real punishment is being physically free. He receives release when imprisoned...something which Porfiry recognizes. Imprisonment gives too much clarity, a position; Porfiry, by not taking him in, keeps him in the world of ambiguity and self-doubt. But I think this is the very point you're making in a different way.<br /><br />I like to think that Columbo is somehow based upon Porfiry--the whole "one more thing" aspect. I don't know about CSI Miami. I have only seen one or two episodes of it.<br /><br />At the moment, I have started reading the Idiot as well. What a brilliant writer! Definitely one of my favorite authors.Jared Calawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-62616284214014222502009-04-18T21:39:00.000-04:002009-04-18T21:39:00.000-04:00Hi Jared,
Excellent choice of bedtime reading.
O...Hi Jared,<br /><br />Excellent choice of bedtime reading.<br /><br />One of the insights of Crime and Punishment relates to the need the criminal has to be punished. The wrongdoer in general has a need to be punished. The only question is how. I hope I am not getting ahead of your reading here.<br /><br />There are episodes in CSI Miami which seem based on a reading of Crime and Punishment. More likely, perhaps, Raskolnikov is simply true to life in many ways.John Hobbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011346264727684917noreply@blogger.com