Complex sentence: This type of rebellion is critical to later works of Dostoevsky as it is used by adolescents to validate their own existence, uniqueness, and independence (see Dostoevsky's "The Adolescent").
Split into simpler sentences: This type of rebellion is critical to later works of Dostoevsky. As this type of rebellion is used by adolescents to validate their own existence, uniqueness and independence (see Dostoevsky's "The Adolescent").