The Manipulative Game of Porfiri Petrovich in the Novel «Crime and Punishment»

Authors

  • Vera Adamyan Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:H/2023.9.2.003

Keywords:

F. Dostoevsky, «Crime and Punishment», manipulation, manipulator, victim, manipulation techniques

Abstract

Researchers have always been interested in such areas of literature, which address issues lie at the intersection of two sciences: literature and psychology, literature and sociology, literature and philosophy, literature and cultural studies. In this article we rely on the achievements of psychology. From its positions we consider the novel «Crime and Punishment» by F. Dostoevsky. In particular, we address the problem of manipulation in the novel. We study manipulative techniques and tricks used by investigator Porfiry Petrovich: awareness, irony, hints, surprise effect, false interrogation, or deceptive clarification.

Particular attention is paid to the manipulative tactics used, the tricks of manipulative characters. Our aim was not only to identify the manipulative moves in the novel, but also to show their influence on the plot. We also show how effective the manipulation was by looking at the reaction of the victim of the manipulation.

The analysis shows that approaching the novel from this position can be very effective for a better perception of the text.

Author Biography

Vera Adamyan, Yerevan State University

PhD in Philology

YSU, Assistant of the Chair of Russian Literature

Armenia, Yerevan

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Published

2024-01-09

How to Cite

Adamyan, V. (2024). The Manipulative Game of Porfiri Petrovich in the Novel «Crime and Punishment». Bulletin of Yerevan University H: Russian Philology, 9(2 (23), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:H/2023.9.2.003

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Literary criticism