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Episode Synopsis
A poverty-stricken student commits murder, believing himself above the law. But what if the greatest punishment is not from without, but from within? This episode unravels Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, delving into Raskolnikov's tormented mind, the psychological cat-and-mouse games, and the profound journey from intellectual hubris to the desperate search for redemption.Works CitedAntoniacci, Aliandra. "The Crisis of the Russian Family in the Works of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov." 2015. University of Canterbury, PhD diss.Cicovacki, Predrag. Review of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Robert Guay. Slavic Review, vol. 80, no. 1, Spring 2021, pp. 177-79. DOI:10.1017/slr.2021.57.Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Translated by Jessie Coulson, introduction and notes by Richard Peace, Oxford University Press, 1998.---. Crime and Punishment. Translated by Constance Garnett, E-BooksDirectory.com, 1993.---. Crime and Punishment. Translated by Constance Garnett, introduction by Priscilla Meyer, Barnes & Noble Books, 2007.Evans, Robert C., editor. Critical Insights: Crime and Punishment. Salem Press, 2024."Fyodor Dostoevsky." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Nov. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky."Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)." Literature Resource Center, Brandeis U, n.d.Frank, Joseph. Lectures on Dostoevsky. Princeton University Press, 2022.Jones, Madeleine Rose. "The Genius Of Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky." Snowy Fictions, n.d.Leatherbarrow, William J., editor. The Cambridge Companion to Dostoevskii. Cambridge University Press, 2002.Martinsen, Deborah A., and Olga Maiorova, editors. Dostoevsky in Context. Cambridge University Press, 2015.Peace, Richard, editor. Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment: A Casebook. Oxford University Press, 2006.Skalińska, E. "Polyphony in Dostoevsky’s Novels and the Multiplicity of Voices in Norwid’s." Colloquia Litteraria, n.d., pp. 197-228.Uwasomba, Chijioke. "A socio-psychological exploration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s crime and punishment." Educational Research and Reviews, 30 Jan. 2009, pp. 60-65. Academic Journals, www.academicjournals.org/ERR.Vishruti. "Exploring the Psychological Depths: Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Impact on Contemporary Psychology and Philosophy." International Journal of Indian Psychology, vol. 12, no. 1, Jan.-Mar. 2024, pp. 1197-1204. DOI:10.25215/1201.112.Weidner, Clark. "Beauty in Tragedy: The Idiot, Dostoevsky, and Eucatastrophe." An Unexpected Journal, n.d.Whitney, Paris. "An Analysis of Crime and Punishment." The Classic Journal, University of Georgia, n.d.
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