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A.M. Gorky Institute
of World Literature
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

IWL RAS Publishing

A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

 IWL RAS

Povarskaya 25a, 121069 Moscow, Russia

8-495-690-05-61

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About the author:

Ksenia I. Bychkova, magistracy, Russian State University for the Humanities, Miusskaya sq., 6, 125993 Moscow, Russia.

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Abstract:

The author analyzes Coetzee’s idea of the character of confessionality in Dostoevsky’s novella and how exactly it is reflected in the novel Life and Times of Michael K. The excessive self-reflectiveness of the hero of Notes from Underground makes his confession endless, the question arises as to what can serve as the end of this process. In his metaromaniac, Coetzee offers an answer, bringing together references to Dostoevsky, G.D. Thoreau, F. Kafka.

  • Keywords: J.M. Kutzee, F.M. Dostoevsky, Life and Times of Michael K., Notes from Underground, Underground Man, narcissistic metaromaniac, confession.

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