Dostoevsky, sought after by the masters
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1、 Carducci's "Ode to Satan" praises the rebellious spirit of Satan, harshly criticizes the evil of the church's suppression of freedom and reason, and praises the joy of human life and the victory of human reason and material spirit over strict religion.
2、 Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" is not a horror novel, but the plot is full of horror, tension, and danger, making it difficult to easily understand this masterpiece.
3、 Crime and Punishment has also achieved significant success in psychological depiction, with the most outstanding being the inner monologue.
4、 The descriptive techniques of dreams, hallucinations, unconscious expressions, and subconscious impulses successfully highlight the protagonist's psychological and mental state under abnormal circumstances, comprehensively demonstrating Dostoevsky's characteristic of "depicting the mysteries deep in the human soul".
5、 Gorky's evaluation of Russian writers is always very cautious. But he repeatedly praised Dostoevsky without reservation as the "greatest genius" and said, "In terms of expressiveness, perhaps only Shakespeare can match it.