What Is He Like, the “Japanese Dostoevsky”? About the XVIII Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society

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Author: Valentina V. Borisova
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DSc in Philology, Leading Researcher, “Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Memorial Apartment,” Vladimir Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature, Trubnikovsky Lane 17, 121069 Moscow, Russia; professor, Moscow State Linguistic University, Ostozhenka 38/1, 119034 Moscow, Russia; Сhief Researcher, M. Akmullah Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Oktiabrskaia revoliutsiia 3 a, 450008 Ufa, Russia.

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Author 2: Irina S. Andrianova
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PhD in Philology, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Academic Research, Director of the International Center for the Study of Dostoevsky of the Institute of Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Classical Philology, Russian Literature and Journalism, Petrozavodsk State University, Lenin Avenue 33, 185910 Petrozavodsk, Russia.

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Borisova, V.V., and Andrianova, I.S. “What Is He Like, the ‘Japanese Dostoevsky’? About the XVIII Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society.” Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal, no. 4 (24), 2023, pp. 284–304. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2023-4-284-304
Received: 01 Nov. 2023
Published: 25 Dec. 2023
Issue: 2023 no. 4 (24)
Department: REVIEWS. SUMMARIES
Pages: 284-304
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2023-4-284-304
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Keywords: International Dostoevsky Society, Symposium, Nagoya, Japanese Dostoevsky.
Abstract: At the end of August 2023, the XVIII Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society (IDS), dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the novel Demons, was held at the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (Japan). The symposium took place in Asia for the first time and found wide resonance in the academic world. Scholars from 17 different countries participated with papers at the forum, showing a variety of approaches to research Dostoevsky’s works and life and raising a wide range of research issues, such as: “Current questions of research in Dostoevsky’s studies,” “Demons in its time and 150 years later,” “Dostoevsky in the Arts (music, cinema, theater, painting)”. The organizers of the Symposium paid special attention to the perception of Dostoevsky in Asia and his influence on Asian culture and literature; a significant event of the Symposium was the round table “Dostoevsky and modern Japanese writers.” The article includes a review of the reports that revealed the image of a “Japanese Dostoevsky”: they were devoted to the analysis of translations of the writer’s works into Japanese, their intermedial transcriptions, new interpretations of Dostoevsky’s works by Japanese scholars representing different generations and academic schools. Attention is paid to the reports of Russian scholars, dedicated to current topics in Dostoevsky’s studies and new research methods to approach the writer’s work.

Acknowledgements (V.V. Borisova): The research was carried out with a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 22-28-00833, https://grant.rscf.ru/site/user/bids?role=maste.

Acknowledgments (I.S. Andrianova): The research was carried out with a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 23-28-01056, https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-01056/.

 

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