“The Impression of Reality”： Fiction and Testimony in Dostoevsky＇s Notes  

作　　者：Max Statkiewicz 

机构地区：[1]University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2016年第3期235-248,共14页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Truth of fiction might sound like a paradox, at least within the Platonic doxa. But perhaps there is no truth without fiction; Plato＇s own myths would testify to this necessary combination of ＂history＂ and ＂story＂ （histoire, storia, Geschichte, etc.）. Still, it might be not enough simply to affirm the necessity of fictional narrative for an historical account. In some cases, it would be difficult to accept a fictional aspect of historical testimony. Jorge Semprdn claims, on the other hand, that only fiction is able to communicate a traumatic, ＂unbearable＂ experience such as the one of prison camps. He refers to the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky as his model. My paper analyzes this testimonial aspect of Dostoevsky＇s Notes, especially the Notes from a Dead House. It shows, the particularity of this work, which combines an intense personal experience with a fictional elaboration, a quasi-novelistic setting, plot, and characters. I claim that in a sense such a combination might be considered as a model for literature in general, for its testimonial value, for its truth.

关 键 词：historical testimony fictional biography DOSTOEVSKY Semprfin prison literature 

分 类 号：N941.1[自然科学总论—系统科学] I207.42[文学—中国文学]