Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 27-October 4, 1999

Volume 28, Number 6

Symposium explores themes
in 'The Brothers Karamazov'

Scholars from around the world will address a variety of esthetic, psychological and philosophical themes relating to Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Brothers Karamazov" at a symposium being held at Yale on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 2 and 3.

The event is sponsored by Yale Conferences on Slavic Literatures and Culture and the department of Slavic languages and literatures. It will be held in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. It is free and open to the public.

Dostoevsky's final novel, "The Brothers Karamazov," was published in 1879-80. It tells the story of three siblings with different temperaments -- one sensitive and spiritual, one cold and intellectual, and one emotional and violent -- and their father, an old libertine, who is eventually killed by one of his sons. Dostoevsky explores the psychological and spiritual implications of the brothers' love-hate relationship with their father, as well as their search for faith and for God.

There will be conference sessions at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, and at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

Conference highlights will include presentations on "Dostoevsky: Genius of Evocation" by Professor Horst-Jürgen Gerigk of the University of Heidelberg in Germany and "Zosima's Mysterious Visitor" by Professor Caryl Emerson from Princeton University; a reception on Saturday for participants; a reading by Professor Gary Saul Morson from Northwestern University from "Dostoevsky's Newly Discovered Novel, Torture," a forthcoming satirical work; and a roundtable discussion on Sunday recapping the themes of the conference.

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