The Research Of Disease In Dostoevsky’s Works

Dostoevsky has a lot of connections with disease,the characters in his works is often accompanied by diseases,disease encompasses almost all the passions of their emotions,every character with a disease background lives especially different,and there are some extreme cases.Dostoevsky ’s concern for the disease is not limited to the disease itself,he is concerned about the various life of the patient group through disease,he feels the pulse of society through disease,through the disease feel the pulse of the community,he constructs his own ethical buildings through the disease.There are three main types of disease in Dostoevsky’s works: lung disease,insanity and epilepsy.In lung disease part: Dostoevsky uses Hippolyte’s struggle with the disease to show the test of life in The Idiot,the pain of lung disease gives him a transcendent vision to look at the world.The metaphor of lung disease is noble,romantic,in Dostoevsky’s works,it is the embodiment of romance,Lovers choose to suffer from lung disease in order to achieve the ideal beautiful love.In insanity part: mainly on madness and hysteria.The writer demonstrates the beauty and ugliness of human nature through madness.Hysteria occurs mainly in women,the reason sometimes is the protagonist’s punishment for herself,sometimes is the protagonist cannot bear the huge pain then collapse,sometimes is the protagonist suffers strong emotional stimulation.In epilepsy part: mainly concentrated in two aspects: epilepsy is used as a means to achieve the purpose;The epilepsy caused by strong emotional stimulation.There are three main aspects of disease metaphor in Dostoevsky’s works: social metaphor,political metaphor and religious metaphor.Social metaphor is mainly about morbid society and the atmosphere of idolizing the European,the disease of the characters is not only the individual disease,but also the morbid state of the society,the writer disagrees with the social atmosphere in Russia at that time.The political metaphor focuses on the Russian government at that time,such as the forced conscription from the government;the prisoners can not live well,they often use the disease as an excuse to seek temporary relief;Small officials serving in government agencies have psychological distortions.Religious metaphor is mainly about salvation,in the process of confrontation between religion and nous,the religion win,religion also play a significant role in personal salvation.The ethical significance of disease writing in Dostoevsky ’s works is mainly from two perspectives: family ethics and couple ethics.Social ethics is mainly from undertaking social roles and social civilization to explore,Russia is a big country of thought,Dostoevsky’s works also talked about thoughts,Devils focuses on the advantages and disadvantages and influence from human thought to social civilization.