Raskolnikov's Dreams in Crime and Punishment

Ovaj se rad bavi snovima glavnog junaka, Rodiona Romanoviča Raskoljnikova, u romanu Zločin i kazna F. M. Dostojevskog. Krajnji je cilj ponuditi naratološku analizu četiri sna koje glavni junak sanja. Kako bi se to postiglo, rad se, uvjetno rečeno, dijeli na dva dijela. Prvi dio je teoretski i bavi se pitanjem snova u književnosti Dostojevskog, odnosno pitanjima zašto i kako se oni koriste te koji je njihov značaj. Slijedi kratak pregled naratologije kao discipline i njenih aspekata relevantnih za analizu u ovom radu. Oni uključuju koncepte pripovjedača, perspektive te dinamike pripovjednog teksta. U okviru perspektive analiziraju se fokalizacija, vrste i kanali percepcije, a dinamiku pripovjednog teksta se najčešće promatra kroz okvir transformacija. Drugi je dio rada analitički i koncentrira se na četiri Raskoljnikovljeva sna. Nakon kratkog opisa svakog sna predstavljaju se njegove postojeće interpretacije a zatim se analizira kroz već spomenute aspekte za naratološku analizu. Na samom kraju rada obrađuje se pitanje važnosti Raskoljnikovljevih snova u Zločinu i kazni i donose se zaključci koji se temelje na provedenoj naratološkoj analizi.This thesis is concentrated around the dreams of the main protagonist of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. The main goal is to provide a narratological analysis of the hero's four dreams. In order to achieve that, this paper is virtually divided into two parts. The first part is a theoretical one and it deals with dreams in Dostoevsky's literary works, more specifically the questions of why and how is the technique of a dream employed as well as what its significance is. This is followed by a short introduction to the discipline of narratology and its aspects relevant for this analysis. These include the concepts of the narrator, perspective and the dynamics of the narrative. As far as the perspective is concerned the analysis explores the issues of focalization, the kinds of perception as well as its channels, while the dynamics of the narrative is usually explored through its transformations. The second part of the thesis is a more analytical one and it concentrates on Raskolnikov's four dreams. After a short description of each dream, its existing interpretations are presented. This is followed by a narratological analysis through the aforementioned aspects. At the very end of the thesis, the question of the importance of dreams in Crime and Punishment is explored and some conclusions are brought as a result of the analysis