Changes

[[File:Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky 1876.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Fyodor Dostoevsky ]]

[[File:Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky 1876.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Fyodor Dostoevsky ]]

'''Fyodor Dostoevsky''' (Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) is a Russian author famous for his lengthy novels about society, social mores, and morality in [[Tzar]]ist Russia.  In his novels he explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual-Christian context of his contemporary Russian society. He is generally considered one of the greatest novelists in history.<ref>http://thisrecording.com/today/2009/8/3/in-which-these-are-the-100-greatest-writers-of-all-time.html</ref> The popular IMDb site rates Dostoyevsky as the #1 author of all time,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005774742/</ref> and [[Alfred Einstein]] declared that “Dostoevsky gives me more than any other thinker.”<ref>https://faithalone.org/journal-articles/dostoevsky-and-his-theology/</ref>

'''Fyodor Dostoevsky''' (Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) is a Russian author famous for his lengthy novels about society, social mores, and morality in [[Tzar]]ist Russia.  In his novels he explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual-Christian context of his contemporary Russian society. He is generally considered one of the greatest novelists in history.<ref>http://thisrecording.com/today/2009/8/3/in-which-these-are-the-100-greatest-writers-of-all-time.html</ref> The popular IMDb site rates Dostoyevsky as the #1 author of all time,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005774742/</ref> and [[Alfred Einstein]] declared that “Dostoevsky gives me more than any other thinker.”<ref name="F">https://faithalone.org/journal-articles/dostoevsky-and-his-theology/</ref>

Dostoevsky cited the [[Bible]] in his novels more than the famous [[British]] authors did.

Dostoevsky cited the [[Bible]] in his novels more than the famous [[British]] authors did. For example, in ''Crime and Punishment'' In Crime and Punishment a character named Marmeladov, who was an alcoholic father, refers to drunkards “made in the image of the beast and his mark” (Part I, chap 2) in an allusion to {{bibleref|Rev|13|15-17}}  In ''The Brothers Karamazov'', a friend of Father Zosima states, “The sign of the Son of Man will be seen in the heavens” (Part II, Book VI, chap 2), mirroring {{bibleref|Matt|24|30}}.<ref name="F"/>

His major works include ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' and ''[[Crime and Punishment]]''.  Though his works are not truly existentialist, they are dark and daunting as the main characters frequently search for an illusive meaning of life. The fact that a writer of such brilliance was able to be simultaneously pre-existentialist and Christian may suggest that the atheistic claims of today's existentialists are disingenuous, although it may not. Noted scholar Walter Kaufmann called Part One of Dostoevsky's short novel ''Notes From Underground'' "the best overture for existentialism ever written." <ref>http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/exist.html</ref>  Conservative readers would do well to reflect on the way many of his characters not only fail, but are denied opportunities, to redeem themselves spiritually.

Dostoevsky's major works include ''The Brothers Karamazov'' and ''Crime and Punishment''.  Though his works are not truly existentialist, they are dark and daunting as the main characters frequently search for an illusive meaning of life. The fact that a writer of such brilliance was able to be simultaneously pre-existentialist and Christian may suggest that the atheistic claims of today's existentialists are disingenuous, although it may not. Noted scholar Walter Kaufmann called Part One of Dostoevsky's short novel ''Notes From Underground'' "the best overture for existentialism ever written." <ref>http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/exist.html</ref>  Conservative readers would do well to reflect on the way many of his characters not only fail, but are denied opportunities, to redeem themselves spiritually.

Like many intellectuals of his day who challenged the power and rights of the Tzar, Dostoevsky was exiled to [[Siberia]].  This 10 year experience would frame his views of the world, and change his writings from those of a young naive intellectual to the questing, challenging author he became.  Despite his revolutionary credentials, he was viewed with suspicion by the Soviet intelligentsia, who considered him a defeatist.

Like many intellectuals of his day who challenged the power and rights of the Tzar, Dostoevsky was exiled to [[Siberia]].  This 10 year experience would frame his views of the world, and change his writings from those of a young naive intellectual to the questing, challenging author he became.  Despite his revolutionary credentials, he was viewed with suspicion by the Soviet intelligentsia, who considered him a defeatist.