Шиллеровские истоки эстетической проблематики в произведениях Ф.М. Достоевского

Метаморфозис. 2023. Т. 8. № 1. С. 9–25.

Kharitonov T. I.

This article contains a characteristic and a periodization of the reception of Schiller’s aesthetic philosophy in the writings of Dostoevsky. The comparison of the works of both authors, provided in this article, leads to a conclusion that Schiller’s influence is highly significant both for the early and for the late writings of Dostoevsky, but the claim of unoriginality of Dostoevsky’s aesthetic philosophy is also subjected to criticism. Even though the ideas of Schiller’s “Aesthetic letters” are directly reflected in Dostoevsky’s early article “S. -bov and the question of art”, which is sometimes called the aesthetic manifesto of the writer, the specter of problems, which Dostoevsky addresses in his aesthetic philosophy cannot be fully reduced to Schiller’s philosophy. At the same time, the dynamics of Dostoevsky’s attitude towards Schiller’s philosophy can be truly considered as a key factor of formation of the original views of the writer, and the significance of Schiller’s influence should not be underestimated even in the period of big novels. These inferences are relevant in the context of the general project of systematic representation of Dostoevsky’s philosophical worldview and indicate the necessity of the separation of aesthetics as an independent field of the system of views of the writer.

Keywords: Достоевский, гармония, красота, эстетическое воспитание, aesthetic upbringing, beauty, harmony, Шиллер, Aesthetics, Schiller, Эстетика, Dostoevsky F. M

Publication based on the results of: Russia in the General World Order as a Problem of Intellectual Dialogue Between Russia and Europe (2023)