Presentations by Streams

This panel includes three papers offering new approaches to Dostoevsky. Alina Wyman examines the suspension between two different value systems in Ivan Karamazov's philosophy of rebellion, arguing for an continuity of the 'underground' mentality in Dostoevsky’s post-Siberian novels, linking Ivan to the Underground Man and other 'metaphysical rebels'. Octavian Gabor explores the link between truth and freedom in The Brothers Karamazov, asking whether confession and revelation can set one free. Finally, Connor Doak's paper explores what a queer reading of Dostoevsky might look like, arguing that Dostoevsky's novels offer an implicit critique of gender and sexuality in nineteenth-century Russia, as well as offering glimpses of queer alternatives.