The “dreamer” of The landlady: the "superfluous man" of Dostoevsky / O "sonhador" de A senhoria, de Dostoievski: um "homem supérfluo"

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2006

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The first part of this work is a translation of Dostoevsky’s novel The Landlady, translated from the original Russian. This is followed by a study on the central figure of the novel, a “dreamer” -- a typical romantic hero -- and its revelation as a “hero of his time” -- a “superfluous man”. The Landlady differs from all of Dostoevsky’s other works. Badly received by critics when it was published, it was his first attempt to create a literary figure to whose depiction he would devote practically his entire subsequent career. There is no doubt that the most salient feature of Russian literature of the nineteenth century is the phenomenon of the hero. With this novel, Dostoevsky presents in the romantic “dreamer”, not only a phenomenon still current in Russian life at the end of 1840’s, but also a new link in the evolution of the "hero of the time."

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“homem supérfluo” “sonhador” romântico nineteenth century literatura russa século xix “herói do tempo” "hero of the time" russian literature romantic “dreamer” "superfluous man"

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