OLFACTORY POETICS OF THE EPISTOLAR NOVEL «POOR PEOPLE» AND STORY «THE DOUBLE »

Abstract

The article examines the features of the olfactory poetics of F. M. Dostoevsky’s early works: the novel «Poor People» and the story «The Double». The odoric code is interpreted as a way of understanding the psychological characteristics of the main characters: Makar Alekseevich Devushkin, Varvara Alekseevna Dobroselova and Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin. The phenomenon of odor also allows a deeper understanding of the artistic world of the writer, the specifics of his anthropological concept and narrative strategies.