Dostoevskijan

English

Adjective

Dostoevskijan (comparative more Dostoevskijan, superlative most Dostoevskijan)

1. Alternative form of Dostoyevskian
   • 1967, Robert L. Belknap, The Structure of the Brothers Karamazov, Mouton & Co., page 44:

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

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

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

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

     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.

Anagrams

• Dostojevskian