The Brothers Karamazov | Topics for Further Study

Dostoyevsky had a profound impact on many twentieth-century authors like Albert Camus Richard Wright and Franz Kafka. Select a novel by one of these authors and write an essay tracing Dostoyevsky's influence.

There are many references throughout the novel to religious lore. Pick a few of them and research the full stories. How do these references impact the story? Are they relevant to modern American readers, or are these stories ignored?

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