Толстой и Достоевский: противостояние

Tolstoĭ i Dostoevskiĭ - ėto poistine vizitnai͡a kartochka russkoĭ literatury dli͡a inostrannogo chitateli͡a. Ėtimi dvumi͡a tvort͡sami izdavna voskhishchai͡utsi͡a za rubezhom, ikh proizvedenii͡a nakhodi͡at vsë novye interpretat͡sii, a ikh masterstvom vdokhnovli͡ai͡utsi͡a inostrannye pisateli. 'Ni odin angliĭskiĭ romanist po velichii͡u ne sravnitsi͡a s Tolstym, stolʹ polno izobrazivshim zhiznʹ cheloveka kak s chastnoĭ, tak i s geroicheskoĭ storony. Ni odin angliĭskiĭ romanist ne issledoval dushu cheloveka tak gluboko, kak Dostoevskiĭ', - govoril znamenityĭ pisatelʹ Ė.M. Forster. Amerikanskiĭ literaturnyĭ kritik, professor Dzhordzh Staĭner posvi͡atil Tolstomu i Dostoevskomu svoĭ znamenityĭ trud, issledui͡a glubiny skhodstva dvukh geniev i propasti ikh razlichii͡a.

Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are truly a visiting card of Russian literature for a foreign reader. These two creators have long been admired abroad, their works are finding new interpretations, and their skills are inspired by foreign writers. 'None of the English novelist's greatness can not be compared with Tolstoy, so fully portrayed human life as private, and with the heroic side. No English novelist has explored the human soul as deeply as Dostoevsky,' said the famous writer E. M. Forster. American literary critic, Professor George Steiner devoted Tolstoy and Dostoevsky his famous work, exploring the depth of similarities between the two geniuses and the abyss of their differences.