Dostoevskijan

comparative more Dostoevskijan · superlative most Dostoevskijan

1. alternativeAlternative form of Dostoyevskian.

   If we wish to talk of a particular Dostoevskijan program of realism, this is its distinction.

   1970, Sven Linner, Dostoevskij on Realism, Almqvist & Wiksell, page 119

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   The Dostoevskijan buffoon is characterized by this stream of consciousness, with thought leading to thought through the structure of associations rather than causally.

   1967, Robert L. Belknap, The Structure of the Brothers Karamazov, Mouton & Co., page 44

   The story of a little girl, weeping out of pity for a swallow with a broken leg, is indeed a sweet version of a Dostoevskijan theme.

   1993, Lenie Lauwers, “Introduction”, in Igor’-Severjanin: His Life and Work — the Formal Aspects of His Poetry, Peeters Press, →ISBN, page 5