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	Idiot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In modern English and other languages, idiot is also a derogatory term used to insult, usually meaning "You are stupid." For example, a group of drunks disturbing the peace could be referred to as "idiots." However, use of "idiot" to refer to people who are genuinely mentally retarded would generally be considered offensive.
		In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot, the idiocy of the main character, Prince Myshkin, is attributed more to his honesty, trustfulness, kindness, and humility, than to a lack of intellectual ability.
		"Idiot lights" was a pejorative term used in the 1960s and 1970s referring to the low oil pressure and alternator fault lights on an automobile dashboard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Idiot (979 words)

	The Idiot (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Idiot is a novel written by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1869.
		The novel ends with Myshkin and Rogozhin lying together by the body of Nastassya: Myshkin sinks into total insanity; Rogozhin is sentenced to labor in Siberia; and Aglaya rushes into an unhappy marriage.
		The film is not an adaptation of The Idiot, but does explore many of the same themes of light, dark, madness and free-will that appear in the specific novel as well as many of the overriding themes that appear in all of the works of Dostoevsky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Idiot_(novel) (1180 words)

	The Idiot DVD review
		Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot is a genuinely great work of literature, but a completely faithful adaptation would seem pretty much out of the reach of theatrical movies, given that to do so would push the running time well in excess of four hours.
		The novel's Prince Myshkin is now Kinji Kameda, freshly released from an Okinawa asylum and on his way to visit Ono, a relative in Hokkaido.
		The novel's presentation of Myshkin as an almost saintly figure of purity and innocence (many have seen him as Christ-like), designed to be, in Dostoyevsky's own words, a "positively good man," is effectively captured here.
	www.dvdoutsider.co.uk /dvd/reviews/i/idiot.html (1276 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Review: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
		In The Idiot he is straining to grasp a story and a character converting themselves from Gothic to Saint's Life on the run.
		The form of the novel is shaped by the inexorable outbreak of Dostoevsky's deepest preoccupations.
		Part of the problem of the plot of The Idiot is that most of the other characters appear insubstantial, and the women's capriciousness leads to a series of wild and inconclusive gestures to which it is hard to react.
	books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/classics/0,6121,1247289,00.html (1285 words)

	title is for rent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		the idiot is of a piece with the impressionistic music of bowie's "berlin period"
		the idiot is a novel which is frequently characterized as a flawed masterpiece
		the idiot is a congregation of inhuman alien creatures who worship the blind maddening chaos of azathoth
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	The Idiot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The novel is basically about a beautiful woman who was seduced in her youth by a rich man who promised to marry her, and another man's efforts to save this woman who continually suffers from her betrayal and the social stigma of being tainted.
		The Prince is often viewed as an idiot by others chiefly because he appears to be very naive to the ways of the world.
		Although Agalya inflicts much suffering on the Prince throughout the novel, she finally comes to reconcile the fact that the Prince's love is real and submits herself to his entreaties.
	www.chosunjournal.com /idiot.html (1040 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Idiot at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Still, the focus of the novel is one Prince Lyov Nikolayevitch Myshkin, a simple and humble man not at all at home in the midst of the immoral and corrupt society of St. Petersburg.
		It is from the perception of Myshkin by his growing entourage of acquaintances that the author derives the title of the novel.
		He is certainly not, however, the idiot and simpleton that he is perceived to be.
	www.epinions.com /content_98675101316 (1190 words)

	The Idiot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Idiot is the title of a 1951 film by Akira Kurosawa.
		The Idiot is the title of a 1958 film by Russian director Ivan Pyryev.
		The Idiot was a very successful 10-hour adaptation of the novel by Dostoevsky made in 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Idiot (146 words)

	The Idiot -
		Caught in a society that emphasizes wealth and beauty, the novel is a tragic reminder that moral idealism sometimes does not prevail (see the synopsis at the bottom of this review for more on the plot).
		Throughout the novel, spectacular murders of the era, that Dostoevsky read in the papers would be referenced in his novel.
		In the novel, it is not clear what the exact illness is, but Prince Myshkin is prone to epileptic seizures, and is quite nervous.
	members.shaw.ca /norchan/idiot.htm (1516 words)

	The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He successfully paints his `beautiful person' (which is the intent of the novel, according to the back) and then brings him to ruin in a society that is fraught with the perils of egoism.
		Yet, I think "The idiot" is an extremely well-written novel in which we see ourselves, and the world the book is about happens to be ours too.
		It's not Dostoyevsky's best novel, and its ending is somewhat abrupt and disappointing, but it's probably better than ninety percent of all the other novels written by any author since.
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	BigO Worldwide
		Akira Kurosawa's 1951 film "The Idiot," his adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, is pretty much forgotten now, or is rarely mentioned when talking about the filmmaker or his masterworks.
		She's tense, upset--Tohata is marrying her off to Koyama (Minoru Chiaki, playing the novel's Ganya) with a dowry of 600,000 yen; Kurosawa indicates her tension by wiping the frame several times, each successive wipe showing her heading for the wet bar, drinking a glass of champagne, then another, then another.
		One wonders what his two-hundred sixty-six minute "The Idiot" would have been like (it exceeds "Samurai's" running time by over an hour); as is, one can't help but admire this, his butchered one hundred sixty-six minute version, for its passion and reckless beauty.
	www.bigomagazine.com /movies/NVidiot.html (1241 words)

	The Idiot, Constant Reader Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The novel was published serially, and he had to finish the different installments in order to have money to live.
		He says that the theme of this novel was a long-cherished idea of Dosteovsky's, but that he avoided writing it earlier because he didn't feel that he was ready for it.
		One thought that comes to mind is the first chapter of part four, where D describes happy people who, while not original, realize their worth and place in society and are able to accept it, without feeling they need to live up to society's ideas of what they should be.
	www.constantreader.com /discussions/idiot.htm (21593 words)

	MonkeyNotes-The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky-Free Book notes/Chapter Summary
		The word ‘Idiot’ is derived from the Greek ‘idiotes’ which means a "private person, a common man, an ignorant uninformed person." It is possible that Dostoevsky named Myshkin an ‘idiot’ because he was essentially a private person, ignorant of the ways of the world and the representative of the common man.
		In fact a few critics have called it a "great failed novel" because of the complexity of thought and action in the novel.
		However, through The Idiot, Dostoevsky has proved himself to be a master psychologist probing the minds of his characters and viewing their actions accordingly.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/monkeynotes/pmIdiot11.asp (465 words)

	Free Essay The Idiot - Moral Goodness
		The notion of suffering incessantly sifts through the novel as if true suffering plays a key role in purifying the protagonist and granting him the overriding power to the [evil] society in which he seeks to gain acceptance.
		Myshkin is looked upon as an idiot (from Greek meaning private and ignorant) for his not being compromised with the vanity, vices, [evilness], mendacity, and avarice of a vain society.
		The Idiot, as cumbersome and lengthy as it seems, is rather a simple novel in plot.
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	english.fom.ru The movie "The Idiot": anatomy of a success (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		According to poll data, the 10-part movie version of the novel "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was recently shown on RTR television is an important cultural event in the life of the country.
		We should note that those who have not read "The Idiot" or don▓t remember it clearly were more likely to think this classic novel should be part of the school program, while those who have read it are more likely to think it is too difficult to study at school.
		According to many respondents, the screen version of "The Idiot" is quite close to the original, and watching it can serve as a substitute for reading the novel.
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	Fyodor Dostoevsky - Biography and Works
		Dostoevsky was born in Moscow, as the second son of a former army doctor.
		The novel starts with the confessions of a mentally ill narrator and continues with the promise of spiritual rebirth.
		It was followed by Crime and Punishment, (1866) an account of an individual's fall and redemption, The Idiot, (1868) depicting a Christ-like figure, Prince Myshkin, and The Possessed, (1871) an exploration of philosophical nihilism.
	www.online-literature.com /dostoevsky (436 words)

	Amazon.de: The Idiot: English Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Idiot is one of the finest novels in history, perhaps the finest.
		Most of the novel he is not doing much of anything but talking, while all the other character are scheming, lying, drinking, fornicating, etc. When he does finally take direct action, it turns out to be disastrous for himself and those closest to him.
		Prince Myshkin, the "idiot" of the title, is as near to being a saint as is possible for a flesh and blood human being.
	www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/0192834118 (1791 words)

	conscientia:: Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot"
		"The Chief idea of the novel is to portray the positively good man." This object Dostoyevsky has achieved in his 1869 novel The Idiot.
		These are the only works of his I can speak of; of the four, this novel bears the greatest resemblance to Tolstoy's works, though there is no confusing the two.
		As for the ending—well, from the four novels I've read thus far, wrapping up seems to be Dostoyevksy's chief failing.
	www.safnet.com /writing/archives/000013.html (728 words)

	Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Free Online Library
		The hero Raskolnikov is a poor student, who is led on to commit a murder partly by self conceit, partly by the contemplation of the abject misery around him.
		His remaining works exhibit frequently a marvelous tragic and analytic power, but they are unequal, and deficient in measure and in balance.
		The chief of them are: The Injured and the Insulted, The Demons (1867), The Idiot (I869), The Adult (1875), The Brothers Karamazov (1881).
	dostoyevsky.thefreelibrary.com (1086 words)

	Bublos.com, Books ›› The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Idiot (1868), written under the appalling personal circumstances Dostoevsky endured while travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, but also affords his most powerful indictment of a Russia struggling to emulatecontemporary Europe while sinking under the weight of Western materialism.
		The Idiot is a dramatic tragedy, a satire on Russia's aristocracy and a reflection about our dual natures, possessing the capacity for so much good, but also capable of so much evil.
		It was hard not to cheer for him throughout the course of the novel, and to feel his pain at the corrupt and confusing society that surrounded him.
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	Icon and Iconoclasm in The Idiot
		The Idiot is the sense of extraordinary clarity and timelessness experienced by Myshkin just before he has an epileptic fit.
		The Idiot: Dostoevsky approaches the threshold of portraying a truly good man, in terms that are carnivalistic and fully human, but purposefully stops at that threshold, taking representability to its furthermost reach without finalizing an image of authority.
		The Idiot, with its resonant appeal to the traces of the iconoclastic crisis that shaped Holbein's disturbing portrait of the dead Christ, stretches the boundaries of representation, opening gaps through which we might see more than the image represented.
	homepages.gac.edu /~fister/ThresholdofRepresentation.html (3174 words)

	Toshiro Mifune Reviews: The Idiot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Screenplay: Eijiro Hisaita and Akira Kurosawa, from the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
		Kurosawa remains remarkably faithful to the details of Dostoyevsky's novel (which he transposed to Hokkaido), with all its complicated and changing relationships.
		In The Idiot Mifune's exhuberant performance as Akama was the perfect foil to the gentler, introspective and neurasthenic qualities that Mori brought to the title role.
	www.sprout.org /toshiro/reviews/idiot.html (317 words)

	SHOW BUSINESS WEEKLY: REVIEWS: The Idiot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Idiot tells the story of Prince Myshkin, an epileptic, kind soul simultaneously embraced and rejected by the blistering characters occupying 19th century St. Petersburg.
		The Idiot maps out the themes of attraction and aversion through some of the most beautifully drawn people and scenes in all of literature.
		Given the go-ahead to be as bombastic as possible, the actors in The Idiot shine.
	www.showbusinessweekly.com /archive/112/idiot.html (458 words)

	SparkNotes: The Idiot: Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics
		Discuss the motif of alienation in the novel with reference to two or more characters.
		Discuss what function such choices of the novel's structure play in the novel.
		The Idiot begins with Myshkin arriving in St. Petersburg from Switzerland and ends with the prince back in the Swiss clinic.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/idiot/study.html (309 words)

	Dostoevsky Studies :: The Idiot and the Subtext of Modern Materialism
		In response, he vigorously criticizes both the economic "laws" that celebrate competitive individualism and the formulation of naturalistic "laws" which deny the spiritual identity man had traditionally presumed to be his.
		The novel's generalized competition over wealth and the steady erosion of spiritual faith are complementary to certain scientific "laws" of nature then under intensive discussion in the West.
		At the novel's close Rogozhin, the murderer, and Myshkin the visionary, are joined by the same tears of mental and physical collapse.
	www.utoronto.ca /tsq/DS/09/077.shtml (5655 words)

	DVD Times - The Idiot
		This was a circumstance endured by Dostoevsky himself, and the event was clearly influential in determining the direction of his views on human nature, both in the depths to which it could sink and in an appreciation of the goodness that lies in every person.
		Both films were made for Shochiku in Japan in a key period of the director’s work that saw him come to prominence with Rashomon and soon after with Ikiru and Seven Samurai, but are less well known and consequently have rarely been seen in the West.
		The Idiot is encoded for Region 2 and is in NTSC format.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=59790 (1825 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Idiot [The Idiot]
		Idiot[The Idiot] is at once one of Dostoevsky’s most compelling, confusing, difficult, and mystical novels, and arguably the work that was dearest to its author.
		Thematically, The Idiot also subtly revisits the religious themes of social apocalypse and Russia’s position vis-à-vis the West and western ideas that Dostoevsky expressed in earlier works, such as Zimnie zametki o letnikh vpechatleniiakh [Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, 1863] and Prestuplenie i nakazanie [Crime and Punishment, 1866].
		From its opening pages, the novel establishes a structural polarity based on these two men, with the “perfectly beautiful human”, Myshkin, embodying an innocence and grace that stands in stark relief against Rogozhin’s inner darkness and “sickly passion”.
	www.litencyc.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=554 (567 words)

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		We explore the ways in which Dostoevsky engages with Romantic and Realist theories of the novel, discuss how he responds to some central problems of novelistic representation, and consider how and why Dostoevsky’s novels have been so influential for the development of novel theory in the twentieth century.
		We read several of Dostoevsky’s novels in chronological order, examining the evolution of his own thoughts on the novel as a genre from his first novel, Poor People, to his chef d’oeuvre, The Brothers Karamazov.
		Alongside the novels we read works by several central novel theorists, in particular Lukacs and Bakhtin, examine the influence of Dostoevsky’s novels on their understanding of the novelistic form and on the evolution of their ideas about the genre and its relation to history and modernity.
	www.yale.edu /slavic/syllabi/russ644.doc (514 words)

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