title: The Concept of “Besporyadok” (“Disorder”) in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent
abstract: The article is dedicated to the reconstruction of the concept of “besporyadok” (“disorder”) in the novel The Adolescent, considering the distinction between the intentions of the actual author and the hero-creator. The complex structure of the author’s concept is reconstructed using Dostoevsky’s workbooks for February 1874 – November 1875, and the key element of it is stated to be the “internal disorder” that occurs when a person’s soul is poisoned with devilry. It is argued that this type of be
journal: Dostoevsky and World Culture Philological journal