L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

Year 26 No. 3 (2018): Issue 3/2018
Articles

Руссоизм и герметические науки в образах некоторых второстепенных героев Л. Н. Толстого

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  • Raffaella Faggionato

Published 01/10/2019

Keywords

  • Tolstojan minor characters,
  • Tolstoj and the Hermetic tradition,
  • Tolstoj and Rousseau’s theories,
  • Genesis of Platon Karataev,
  • The philosophical background of Tolstoj

How to Cite

Faggionato, R. (2019). Руссоизм и герметические науки в образах некоторых второстепенных героев Л. Н. Толстого. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 26(3). Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/95
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Abstract

The paper explores the features of some minor characters taken from the works of Leo Tolstoy, all belonging to the lower classes. In previous studies these characters have been interpreted in the light of an ideal harmony inherited from Rousseau’s theories, however the genesis of such a figure as Platon Karataev, in War and Peace, reveals something different. These characters, who often catalyse the protagonists’ “epiphany”, are built on a Rousseauian philosophical background, merged with other lines of thought, namely those coming from the Hermetic tradition.

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