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Deep Analysis of Crime and Punishment: Singing Lazarus (Part Three) (Patreon)

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2021-04-23 13:05:45
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Now we're into Part Three of Crime and Punishment and we're talking about Lazarus, Napoleon, "zeroes", and asking... Did Alyona deserve to die?

Let me know how your impression of Dostoyevsky's novel has changed since Part One, and anything that stuck out to you.

  • 0:00 Tolstoy on Raskolnikov
  • 6:00 moral arithmetics
  • 7:00 how do you value a life?
  • 10:00 treating people mechanistically vs humanely (Pushkin and Napoleons “zeroes”)
  • 13:00 Nietzsche on “zeroes” (and opinion on Dostoyevsky as psychologist)
  • 16:30 the two Lazarus stories
  • 17:00 the “narod” and Crime and Punishment as Greek play
  • 20:00 Marmeladov, folk tales, and talking one’s way into heaven
  • 23:00 Crime and Punishment as story of a saint’s life
  • 24:00 John 11 - the resurrected Lazarus
  • 25:00 Luke 16:19-31 - the beggar Lazarus
  • 30:00 how to be an art critic (making the implicit explicit)
  • 32:00 Razumikhin on lying and getting to the truth
  • 39:00 Singing Lazarus
  • 40:00 a game of cat-and-mouse
  • 41:00 when is the best time in your life to read Crime and Punishment?
  • 43:00 Dostoyevsky’s cliffhangers and deep-reading the end of Part Three
  • 44:00 Raskolnikov’s article ‘On Crime’
  • 51:40 Raskolnikov is a screw-up
  • 53:00 how do you talk to Raskolnikov? And do you agree with him?
  • 56:40 did Alyona deserve to die?
  • 59:00 an example of good writing from Dostoyevsky

Happy reading!

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Deep Analysis of Crime and Punishment: Singing Lazarus (Part Three)

0:00 Tolstoy on Raskolnikov 6:00 moral arithmetics 7:00 how do you value a life? 10:00 treating people mechanistically vs humanely (Pushkin and Napoleons “zeroes”) 13:00 Nietzsche on “zeroes” (and opinion on Dostoyevsky as psychologist) 16:30 the two Lazarus stories 17:00 the “narod” and Crime and Punishment as Greek play 20:00 Marmeladov, folk tales, and talking one’s way into heaven 23:00 Crime and Punishment as story of a saint’s life 24:00 John 11 - the resurrected Lazarus 25:00 Luke 16:19-31 - the beggar Lazarus 30:00 how to be an art critic (making the implicit explicit) 32:00 Razumikhin on lying and getting to the truth 39:00 Singing Lazarus 40:00 a game of cat-and-mouse 41:00 when is the best time in your life to read Crime and Punishment? 43:00 Dostoyevsky’s cliffhangers and deep-reading the end of Part Three 44:00 Raskolnikov’s article ‘On Crime’ 51:40 Raskolnikov is a screw-up 53:00 how do you talk to Raskolnikov? And do you agree with him? 56:40 did Alyona deserve to die? 59:00 an example of good writing from Dostoyevsky

Comments

Stacy McDaniel

I have just finished Crime and Punishment and I’m catching up on the lectures. After listening to this lecture, I realized I want to get the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation for my reread. The Oliver Ready translation is great, but I feel like I may have missed a few things. I would love to compare the two. Here is one of my favorite lines from part three of the Oliver Ready translation. I find it hauntingly beautiful and anxiety inducing at the same time. A huge, round, copper-red moon stared through the windows. ‘The silence comes from the moon,’ thought Raskolnikov, ‘and the moon must be posing a riddle.’ He stood and waited for a long while, and the quieter the moon, the louder the pounding of his heart, until it even began to hurt. Silence. Suddenly, a short dry crack, like the snapping of a twig, then everything went dead once more. I am enjoying these lectures so much and look forward to reading more than I ever have.

Alice

Ok! Now I’m liking C+P! (I had commented on the video from Part 2 that I was not enjoying the book at all). Part 3 feels much different to me. We leave the nightmarish ramblings and feverish skull of Raskolnikov and spend more time with other more stable characters, get into some interesting philosophical discussions and learn more about Raskolnikov’s murderous thought process. I loved the parts about the creepy tradesman and the dream about the crone behind the shroud. Amazing stuff! But my change in opinion also makes me wonder...why are we made to suffer so much through the first two parts before we get here? In the first two parts, I’m wondering about WHY all this is going on...Why am I walking around in this crazy man’s head? Why do I care? I would have liked the novel to be...less harsh in the beginning. I guess perhaps Dostoevsky worked to create an extremely powerful emotional experience for the reader in these first parts. I also loved how surprisingly cold, calculating, completely calm, and rational Raskolnikov was in the “interrogation” section. What an amazing contrast to the internal raving and muttering. How differently we can present ourselves on the outside when needed. Also, I was reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra and came across the chapter called The Pale Criminal. This chapter seems to be exactly about C+P!

hardcoreliterature
>>61303666

Great comment, Alice. I loved it so much I read it out and responded to it in a dedicated "comments video", which should be out very soon. You've certainly nailed the atmosphere of C&P and the gear shifts that happen when we read it. I've definitely asked myself "why am I here?" during my reading. It's also great to hear you're embracing Nietzsche - he was a huge Dostoyevsky fan!