Dr. Tomo Virk: Dostoyevsky, Yours Truly – and Dostoyevsky / Dr. Blaž Podlesnik: Selfie Dostoyevsky or the Beards Karamazov

Cankarjev dom Literature and Humanities Dr. Tomo Virk: Dostoyevsky, Yours Truly – and Dostoyevsky / Dr. Blaž Podlesnik: Selfie Dostoyevsky or the Beards Karamazov

Dr. Tomo Virk: Dostoyevsky, Yours Truly – and Dostoyevsky
Dr. Tomo Virk will look at the issue of theodicy in Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov and, from this perspective, also at the novel’s autobiographical backdrop.

Dr. Blaž Podlesnik: Selfie Dostoyevsky or the Beards Karamazov
Dr. Blaž Podlesnik will look into the subject of Dostoyevsky’s signature beard. He will illustrate its characteristics with examples of characters’ beards drawn from the writer’s last novel.