Sunday, December 13, 2015

Dmitry Bykov about Smerdyakov. "The Brothers Karamazov" (Fedor Dostoevsky)


A few minutes of reflection after just listening the lecture of Dmitry Bykov.
In the novel ''The Brothers Karamazov'', for some reason I was always sure that the murderer  was Smerdyakov. Reading Dostoevsky I am  interested not in the Orthodox pneumatology of novel, not in anti-catholic statements of Dostoevsky, but I was deeply touched for example by decoding thought that - '' If there is no God, then everything is permitted"
The thoughts of the famous Russian philosopher and poet Dmitry Bykov about Smerdyakov, seem to be very interesting.  Smerdyakov name became a household word. This name describes the cynical atheist and denier of eternal values.According to Dmitry Bykov:
- Smerdyakov was born of the union of holy-fool-woman(yurodivaya) and immoral-sensualist (pleasure and humiliation)
-he says - '' If I was forced to take other religion to save my life,  I will definitely go for it
I will save my life, and I will live longer''...
-Smerdyakov has the features of eunuch
-Smerdyakov was raised by sectarians (Khlysty) and he himself was sectarian.
he says - ''if someone left me in the womb and would not let me be born I would be very grateful''
-He takes revenge on his life and kills the person responsible for creating him.
-He kills the one who is the root and cause of his being
-He kills the father who made him lackey
-Smerdyakov  savoring the meanness...

Well, Dmitry Bykov describes Smerdiakov in a quite interesting way.
But I think Dmitry Bykov exaggerating to mention the lack of interest in Smerdyakov to women.
But it was Ivan, he said that he noticed as "Ivan likes beautiful women"....so..the living-dead-man-Smerdyakov, but such a  notice..
Well, the greatest tragedy in Smerdyakov is his spiritual death during the life, of course.
His deadliness during the life defines his miserable philosophy of life.
t seems to me that I should  choose the time and translate this lecture of Dmitry Bykov into English.))

Дмитрий Быков. лекция"Кто убил Федора Павловича?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6R3F7Dp6SE


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