A Doubling and Redoubling The Creation of the Self in Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky

Katelyn Jones

Date of Award

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Langston, Douglas

Keywords

Kierkegaard, Soren, Dostoevsky, Fyodor, Repetition

Area of Concentration

Philosophy

Abstract

This project both explores and creates a relation through repetition between Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky. Within, the secret heartbeat throbbing in Kierkegaard's categories of self manifests as flesh and bone in the inner struggles of Dostoevsky's most poignant characters, and this is brought to light through an ever- developing treatment of the Kierkegaardian concept of repetition. The framework of a developing self used in my treatment of these concepts is supposed to indicate repetition's dynamic and transformative force. This, in conjuction with my reading of Dotoevsky's fictive world, leads me to approachthe progression of the selffrom a literary standpoint. The implications of this movement are discussed through the concept of repetition, this time as a literary or theatrical tool, in which the truth of self-production comes to fruition.

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