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This paper is focused on the analysis of F. M. Dostoevsky’s two novels, 『The Village of Stepanchikovo』 and 『Notes from the House of the Dead』 from the point of freedom. These works, which were written shortly after he got freedom after eight years of penal servitude and compulsory military service in Siberia, diversely express his ideas how one perceives freedom and in what way one can explore his own path to freedom. In 『The Village of Stepanchikovo』 Dostoevsky mainly focuses on the way of thinking of Nastja and Rostanev who willingly admit egoistic desire for freedom of Foma Opiskin. Not recognizing their own rights for freedom, their non-calculative attitude forms more freedom and happiness for both of them and Foma. In this way Dostoevsky develops his unique idea that real freedom can be acquired when one is free from desire of freedom which is based on the concept of right. In 『Notes from the House of the Dead』 Dostoevsky shows that one should be liberated from his stalled or fixed viewpoint on the world and people, if he really wants to recognize the real value of freedom. Gorjnachikov, narrator of this novel, realizes this in the part of <spectacle>, which is a kind of virtual reality. The <preface> of this novel can be regarded as a process of his being liberated from stalled self and thus finding real meaning of freedom. Overall, in these two works we can see how earnestly and humbly Dostoevsky began to pursue theme of freedom which will be more deeply delved in his later works like 『Crime and Punishment』 and 『Brothers Karamazov』.
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Penal servitude, Freedom, Desire of freedom, Liberation, Virtual reality, Stalled self, Foma, Gorjanchikov
