Petersburgo: personagem atuante em Crime e Castigo

Abstract

The article aims to analyze the presence of the city Saint Petersburg in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, as well as the historical and cultural conditions that preceded this work. In the novel, the city can be seen not only as the stage of events, but also as an active character that interferes actively in the conduct of the protagonists. The analysis is based on the works of Vladimir Toporov and Yuri Lotman, written in 1970-80, which point to a single text, called by them "Saint Petersburg's text", present in many literary works from different Russian authors

Keywords

• Russian literature
• Saint Petersburg
• Dostoevsky
• Yuri Lotman
• Vladimir Toporov
• city as a text