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Maybe that is the problem - I studied Existentialism to death at University, Camus, Sartre etc. As it was obviously such an influence on them, I had high hopes. But maybe I'm just going to have to fall into the camp that thinks Dostoevsky is overrated?
The people twho think Dostoevsky is overrated maybe just DO NOT LIKE Dostoevsky's books. That fact does not affect the writer's qualities.
Elisaveta wrote: "The people twho think Dostoevsky is overrated maybe just DO NOT LIKE Dostoevsky's books. That fact does not affect the writer's qualities."
I'd probably agree with you if I didn't have a PhD in 19th century literature and spend my days reading a lot of stuff I didn't like personally, but was very interesting in either stylistic, thematic and/or narratology terms.
Maybe it's the translation. Try browsing some other translations and see if that changes things.
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Sep 16, 2011 02:03PM
Maybe that is the problem - I studied Existentialism to death at University, Camus, Sartre etc. As it was obviously such an influence on them, I had high hopes. But maybe I'm just going to have to fall into the camp that thinks Dostoevsky is overrated?
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The people twho think Dostoevsky is overrated maybe just DO NOT LIKE Dostoevsky's books. That fact does not affect the writer's qualities.
Elisaveta wrote: "The people twho think Dostoevsky is overrated maybe just DO NOT LIKE Dostoevsky's books. That fact does not affect the writer's qualities."I'd probably agree with you if I didn't have a PhD in 19th century literature and spend my days reading a lot of stuff I didn't like personally, but was very interesting in either stylistic, thematic and/or narratology terms.
Maybe it's the translation. Try browsing some other translations and see if that changes things.
