Dostoyevsky's “Petersburg Writing”

Dostoyevsky's “Petersburg writing” belongs to the “Petersburg text” of Russian Literature's complete and unified symbol system,which also contains its consistent discourse unit and the “Russian thought”.Dostoevsky's Petersburg style is highly recognizable,which not only has the unique spiritual character and inner soul,but also influence its city people with each other and mirror with each other.As a typical representative of modern Russia,Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” reflects the ills in Petersburg of the “undeveloped modernism”.Dostoevsky reveals the social problems in his novel,and the way he gave to save the nation and people is using the faith to save the “Modernity”,which means looking for a unique development mode of the Russian character within the traditional Russian culture frame.Poetics value and ideological value of Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” carry with the philosophical and tragic sense.The images of Dostoevsky's Petersburg are assembled into a single dark psychedelic evil flower through the possibility of “intermediary” rotary,clean and resurrection after the response.Based on his “Petersburg text”,Dostoevsky made a prophetic voice,looking forward Petersburg to become a city of “regeneration” and “new”,to become a repentant “Nineveh”.Through the analysis of the text,this thesis analyses Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” from the perspective of urban poetics and has a systematic interpretation of the multiple meanings of the image of the city of Petersburg,the specific city spatial location and the characters of system of the Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” theme.That is the eternal question of Dostoevsky of the “mystery of people”,the criticism on Russian modernization process,the consideration of the selection of faith and reason,East and West Roads,the deep thinking of the direction of the development of Russia and the spirit of Russians.Those researches sum up Dostoevsky's special contribution of “Petersburg writing” and “Petersburg's traditional” value and status in Russian Literature.I hope this thesis can enrich the research of Dostoevsky's literature,and contribute to the integrity of the “Petersburg theme” of Russian literature.The introduction part mainly introduced the Dostoevsky of Russian literature in “Petersburg tradition”.It includes the review of Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” at home and abroad,what is the “Petersburg tradition” of Russian literature,Dostoevsky's inheritance and transcendence of Pushkin and Gogol,and the purpose,the methods and the significance of the study on Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing”.The first chapter has analyzed “mystery of people” as the core of the multiple themes of Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing”,which includes what are the reasons for the poor to be “poor”,whether the poor can use unscrupulous tactics for the right purpose,and which is more perfect between faith and reason.The reason for the poor's condition is not only because of their kind weak character,but also because of the profound social reasons.While the poor in Dostoevsky's writing can always willing to suffer poverty and not lose their faith to mind,and this is what the most precious revelation which the poor gives to the world.The blind pursuit of the modern enlightenment and especially the rationalism leads to the change of modern people and social tragedy,so Dostoevsky opposes to use unscrupulous tactics to maximize the interests whether it is for the personal dream or for Russia's future path.What Dostoevsky concerns is whether the humanity can finally be able to return after all kinds of hardships,so he appeals that the Russian can complete the inherent change in the government of faith in Russian culture.The second chapter analyzed the city image of Petersburg.Dark flowers?Magic City?Sin City and the ‘Nineveh' which calls for repentance,all these city images communicate and promote the “Petersburg text” theme——the emotion philosophy about the “mystery of people”,the modernity criticism of Russia,the proverbs given to the future path of Russia and the Russian.This controls the atmosphere and tone of the “Petersburg text”,and format a special charming artistic expression.These images are the city of Dostoevsky's impression of sublimation,and are full of his cultural criticism and his profound insight of prophecy.The third chapter analyzed Dostoevsky's Petersburg city space.The specific urban space is the expression of the ideology of the social class in this space.Haymarket,cottage and attic,basement,tavern,Vasiliev Island,Neva and Nevsky Avenue,all these specific city spatial locations compose of the Petersburg from the perspective of the poor,and show the different conditions which belongs to the respective city space,all these provide the field for the writer to crack the “mystery of man”.The city space of Petersburg which Dostoevsky described the fall of people and city,the confusion and the feeling of loss because of the sin of the man,and a chaotic,sick and dirty land is looking for redemption.The fourth chapter analyzed the image system of Dostoevsky's Petersburg city space,such as “Dreamer”,“Dual Personality” and “Underground Man”.The meaning of these characters' images is that they represent the city of Petersburg,represent the whole nation's certain conversion to their belief after they go through repentance and baptism.These images contain the significance of Dostoevsky's belief.The conclusion part summarizes the status and the value of Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” in Russian Literature.Dostoevsky's “Petersburg writing” expressed his deep thinking on the process of Russian modernization,and formed a specific “Petersburg Poetics” of Dostoevsky.Also it contributes to the “Petersburg text” in the level of character,subject and city mythology in Russian literature.