Russian riot in Pushkin's and Dostoevsky's works («Capitan'S Daughter» and «The Possessed»)

The paper is the first attempt to compare the two works from this point of view. (The author presented the topic at conference in 1999). The analysis shows the likeness of the compared books. In particular the likeness can be seen at the motives of Grinev's and Khromonozhka's dreams which center around the notions of imposture and murder. Similarity is also found in the reference of these dreams to the plot structure of both texts. In both texts the authors are concerned with utopian belief in a just and innocent power disconnected from crime, disclosure of imposture as a subconscious realization that its inevitable implication is bloodshed. But the said similarity may be found despite the striking difference in the respective authors in their characters.