"The Language and Literary Works of F.M. Dostoevsky": A lecture by Professor Igor Ruzhitsky (in English)
- 👤 Speaker: Professor Igor Ruzhitsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow Region State University
- 📅 Date & Time: Friday 18 February 2022, 19:00 - 20:30
- 📍 Venue: Online
Abstract
Professor Ruzhitsky will devote his lecture to a discussion of the distinctive lexical system of Dostoevsky’s idiolect as well as a number of philosophical questions which run through his body of works. Through the prism of the great writer’s use of language, Professor Ruzhitsky will explore a series of key concepts in Dostoevsky’s writings: life, death, love, suffering, fear and laughter.
“Man is a mystery. This mystery must be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life trying to unravel it, don’t say that your time has been wasted. I am at work on this mystery, for I want to be a human being…”
(F.M. Dostoevsky, 1839)
WHEN: Friday 18 February 2022, 19:00-20:30 (GMT)
WHERE: Zoom
LANGUAGE: English
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About the speaker
Igor Vasilievich Ruzhitsky holds the post-doctoral degree of Doctor of Sciences in Philology. He is a Professor of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language in the Faculty of Philology at Lomonosov Moscow State University and a Professor of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language at Moscow Region State University (formerly Moscow Region Pedagogical Institute). He supervises the research project “A Dictionary of Dostoevsky’s Language” and is the author of numerous articles and books linked to the study of Dostoevsky’s literary works.
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Professor Igor Ruzhitsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow Region State University
Friday 18 February 2022, 19:00-20:30