Abstract

BIDAUD, Samuel. Sonia and the rediscovered sense. Notes on redemption and salvation in Crime and Punishment. Folios [online]. 2013, n.37, pp.185-191. ISSN 0123-4870.

This article proposes a new approach to the themes of redemption and salvation in Crime and punishment by analyzing the character of Sonia. We will notably highlight that the novel of Dostoïevski is structured with a series of questions about good and earthly and divine salvation to which Sonia gives new perspectives and meanings. These are the following questions : To what extent should men be good? What are the conditions of salvation on earth? And, finally, is there a universal and divine salvation for all men, even the worst?

Keywords : Dostoïevski; Crime and punishment; redemption; salvation; Sonia.

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