Iconology and hypostatics in Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" and in the works of Augustine.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Description: This study deals with the status of personhood in Dostoevsky's  The Brothers Karamazov and the works of Augustine. Two categories are central for the mapping out of a person: icon and hypostasis. The semiotic category of icon generates a foundational iconostasis (e.g., freedom-faith-love-hope or power-mystery-worship-authority) circumscribing a person, while the religious category of hypostasis denotes the co-inherent or common substance that underlies icons and persons. The study of icon (iconology) and the study of hypostasis (hypostatics) are undertaken in order to foreground person-bound ethical and soteriological praxis in Augustine and Dostoevsky. In studying personhood, two complementary methodological strategies are implemented: close textual analysis and the expansion of the theoretical apparatus and framework. Grounded in the interpreted text and theory, modeling strategies are designed for capturing person-versions and world-versions. The main part of this study develops an interpretation of iconology and hypostatics in Dostoevsky's novel  The Brothers Karamazov through the close textual interpretation of the Legend of the Grand Inquisitor. The second focus of the study proposes an iconologic and dialogic interface between the most prominent Dostoevskian and Augustinian icons in order to illuminate their internal similar typological substance, an enterprise designed ultimately to foster a better understanding of the iconology and hypostatics in The Brothers Karamazov.
Notes: Adviser: Brian Stock.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-05, Section: A, page: 1770.
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
class: section
title: Introduction; title: The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor
class: part
label: One:; pagenum: 15
title: The Legend as Model of the World and Artistic Thinking
class: part
label: I); pagenum: 28
title: The Category of Hypostatic Person
class: part
label: II); pagenum: 39
label: III)
class: part
title: The First Temptation; pagenum: 52
label: IV)
class: part
title: The Model of Hypostatic Thinking; pagenum: 67
title: The Second Temptation
class: part
label: V); pagenum: 73
label: VI)
class: part
title: The Third Temptation; label: Two:
class: part
title: Faces of Iconicity; pagenum: 92
label: I)
class: part
title: Synoptic Iconicity; pagenum: 97
title: Icon and Iconostasis
class: part
label: II); pagenum: 105
title: Nature, Icon, and Hypostasis
class: part
label: III); pagenum: 119
title: Iconologic Similarity and Dissimilarity
class: part
label: IV); label: Three:
class: part
title: Ivan's and Zosima's World-Versions; pagenum: 124
title: Interpersonality and Interworldliness
class: part
label: I); pagenum: 127
label: II)
class: part
title: Ivan's World-Version; pagenum: 137
title: Zosima's World-Version
class: part
label: III); title: Icon and Hypostasis in Augustine and Dostoevsky
class: part
label: Four:; title: Ontic Power in Augustine and Dostoevsky
class: part
label: I); pagenum: 147
title: Ontic Power in Augustine
class: part
label: a); pagenum: 156
label: b)
class: part
title: Ontic Power in Dostoevsky; pagenum: 159
title: "Everything is Permitted"
class: part
label: c); pagenum: 172
title: Inanity in Augustine and Dostoevsky
class: part
label: II); pagenum: 173
label: a)
class: part
title: Inanity in Augustine; pagenum: 193
title: Inanity in Dostoevsky
class: part
label: b); title: Freedom in Augustine and Dostoevsky
class: part
label: III); pagenum: 202
title: Freedom and Liberty in Augustine
class: part
label: a); pagenum: 227
label: b)
class: part
title: Freedom and Choice in Dostoevsky; pagenum: 248
label: c)
class: part
title: Freedom, Hope, and Happiness; pagenum: 261
class: part
title: Concluding Remarks; pagenum: 264
class: part
title: Bibliography