"HORIZONS OF EXPECTATIONS" IN F.M. DOSTOEVSKY’S NOVEL "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"
This article presents the experience of applying the principles of receptive aesthetics to the novel «Crime and Punishment» by F.M. Dostoevsky. Several possible levels are indicated: reader, author and hero level. The main emphasis in the presented work is made on the level of the heroes of the novel. The dynamics of «horizons of expectations» among various heroes and its influence on the dynamics of the plot of the work are traced. The author of the article introduces the concept of «personified horizon of expectations», which expands the existing ideas about the characteristics of the characters of «Crime and Punishment» in Dostoevistics. As a perspective of research, the problem of the author’s «horizon of expectations» is pointed out, the consideration of which will allow tracing the dynamics of artistic images from the idea to the final embodiment on the pages of the novel.