notes from underground constance garnett

Chronologically, it precedes the great novels and concludes the phase of preparatory and introductory works to them ideologically, it represents the first foray into the field of philosophy and the clear and conscious elaboration of the theme of the underground man, which is taken up and present in all subsequent works. The world literature & fiction classic focuses on. Notes from Underground occupies a central place within the entire body of the writer's work. Notes from Underground is a world literature novella written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1864. The second half, humiliating stories from when he was 24 (he is now 40). The first half, his ramblings, thoughts and philosophies of life, via monologue. The second part of the work is a first-person narrative, in which the author of the previous gloomy monologue confesses some sordid actions he has committed in his life, demonstrating how even an 'educated' and 'well-mannered' person like himself can be deeply abject. Its narrated by a guy living underground, in poverty.

The first part is a monologue of social criticism that exposes the optimistic ideals of positivism, which, according to the narrator, can never lead to the desired society of well-being based on science and reason, because the human being, or rather the individual, has a secret desire for suffering, dirt, and self-humiliation that cannot be contained by any theory of reason, nor by religious theories that propose sweet ideals of human brotherhood.

It is divided into two the first is titled Underground, and the second is titled À Propos of the Wet Snow. Notes from Underground is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1864.

Notes from underground constance garnett