Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish Reception

Notes from the Underground has become a relevant text in Sweden only since the second half of the 20 th century, primarily due to the emergence of translations and criticism, but also in connection with the construction of “the people’s home” (“folkhemmet”), which is what a Swedish person thinks abo...

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Main Author: Ksenia R. Andreichuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2021-03-01
Series:Studia Litterarum
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Online Access:http://studlit.ru/images/2021-6-1/Andreichuk.pdf
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spelling doaj-e742ca43417f4cca990b1c6831acfb5e2021-03-12T11:28:22ZengA.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of SciencesStudia Litterarum2500-42472541-85642021-03-016113015110.22455/2500-4247-2021-6-1-130-151Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish ReceptionKsenia R. Andreichuk0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8906-9607A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RussiaNotes from the Underground has become a relevant text in Sweden only since the second half of the 20 th century, primarily due to the emergence of translations and criticism, but also in connection with the construction of “the people’s home” (“folkhemmet”), which is what a Swedish person thinks about when reading about Crystal Palace. However, not only social ideas attract Swedish readers in Notes from the Underground; the problems of human isolation, desire, and inability to love another person more than oneself, as well as the worldview of a “paradoxalist” are also relevant to them. The multi-layered text of Notes from the Underground has not remained unnoticed either. The article examines several instances of the Notes from the Underground reception in Swedish literature, namely social and philosophical (Sven Delblank, Lars Ahlin), socio-religious (Birgitta Trotzig), existentialist (Lars Gyllensten), and aesthetic (Lars Ahlin). It is worth mentioning that even when referring to Dostoevsky’s work in social debates, Swedish authors almost never ignore its philosophical context or reduce the universal human issues raised by the novel to the purely social issues projecting them on Swedish reality.http://studlit.ru/images/2021-6-1/Andreichuk.pdfdostoevskynotes from the undergroundreceptionswedish literatureb. trotzigs. delblancl. ahlinl. gyllenstenk. boyeh. söderberg.
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Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish Reception
Studia Litterarum
dostoevsky
notes from the underground
reception
swedish literature
b. trotzig
s. delblanc
l. ahlin
l. gyllensten
k. boye
h. söderberg.
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title Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish Reception
title_short Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish Reception
title_full Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish Reception
title_fullStr Notes from the Underground: Major Trends in Swedish Reception
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publisher A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
series Studia Litterarum
issn 2500-4247
2541-8564
publishDate 2021-03-01
description Notes from the Underground has become a relevant text in Sweden only since the second half of the 20 th century, primarily due to the emergence of translations and criticism, but also in connection with the construction of “the people’s home” (“folkhemmet”), which is what a Swedish person thinks about when reading about Crystal Palace. However, not only social ideas attract Swedish readers in Notes from the Underground; the problems of human isolation, desire, and inability to love another person more than oneself, as well as the worldview of a “paradoxalist” are also relevant to them. The multi-layered text of Notes from the Underground has not remained unnoticed either. The article examines several instances of the Notes from the Underground reception in Swedish literature, namely social and philosophical (Sven Delblank, Lars Ahlin), socio-religious (Birgitta Trotzig), existentialist (Lars Gyllensten), and aesthetic (Lars Ahlin). It is worth mentioning that even when referring to Dostoevsky’s work in social debates, Swedish authors almost never ignore its philosophical context or reduce the universal human issues raised by the novel to the purely social issues projecting them on Swedish reality.
topic dostoevsky
notes from the underground
reception
swedish literature
b. trotzig
s. delblanc
l. ahlin
l. gyllensten
k. boye
h. söderberg.
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