THE IMAGE OF A RUSSIAN PRINCESS IN V. WOOLF’S NOVEL «ORLANDO»: A DIALOGUE WITH DOSTOYEVSKY

Abstract

The article is devoted to analyzing the image of the Russian princess in the novel byW. Woolf Orlando in the aspect of response to female images in F. M. Dostoevsky’s novels. The study describes the multidimensional perception of works by Dostoevsky in the British writer’s creative activity in the imagological, cultural, historical and literary context of the century. The main focus of the research is a detailed comparative analysis of the image of Nastasya Filippovna Barashkova ( The Idiot ) with the image of Sasha ( Orlando ); the result of the analysis is verification of the hypothesis that the image of Sasha in the novel by V. Woolf is a direct response to Dostoyevsky’s works. The major material of the study is F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot and W. Woolf’s novel Orlando.