Expanding the "Horizons of Meaning": A Review of the Monograph by A.V. Zagumennov and N.S. Artemov, "Finding God Through Text. Philological Hermeneutics of F.M. Dostoevsky's Short Stories from A Writer's Diary of the 1870s" (Vologda: Rodniki, 2025. 156 p.

Keywords: F.M. Dostoevsky, novells from, philologistic germenevtic, Russian literature of 1870s, Realism

Abstract

This review is dedicated to the monograph by A.V. Zagumennov and N.S. Artemov, published in 2025 by Rodniki Publishing House in Vologda. The monograph "Finding God Through the Text: Experiments in Philological Hermeneutics of F.M. Dostoevsky's Short Stories from A Writer's Diary, 1870s" is based on a methodological analysis of Dostoevsky's works using the stories from A Writer's Diary: "Bobok", "The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree», "The Meek One Rebels", "A Hundred-Year-Old Woman", "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" and "The Peasant Marey." The conclusion is that the monograph is highly recommended to read due to professional hermeneutic interpretation of the text, its monolithic and powerful theoretical foundation, and the authors' profound understanding of the ideas of the forefathers of hermeneutics whose analytical concepts have been inherited and further advanced by Zagumennov and Artemov.

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Author Biography

G .M. Mamatov, Novosibirsk State Technical University

Candidate of Philological Sciences, lecteur of Department of Philology, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University.

 

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Published
2026-03-18
How to Cite
Mamatov G. Expanding the "Horizons of Meaning": A Review of the Monograph by A.V. Zagumennov and N.S. Artemov, "Finding God Through Text. Philological Hermeneutics of F.M. Dostoevsky’s Short Stories from A Writer’s Diary of the 1870s" (Vologda: Rodniki, 2025. 156 p. // Philology & Human, 2026, № 1. P. 252-255 DOI: 10.14258/filichel(2026)1–16. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/pm/article/view/18151.
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Критика и библиография
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