Undergraduate thesis deals with three novels in which a motif of terrorist can be found. Those novels are Demons by Dostoevsky, Under Western Eyes by Conrad and Petersburg by Bely. Authors use actual historical figures as their inspiration, those figures being Nechaev, Bakunin and Azev. Dostoevsky writes about a historical event and attempts to portray Russian terrorists in all their glory and gore. Conrad uses a viewpoint of an outsider to describe the differences between the western world and Russians. He illustrates how Russian revolutionary groups worked abroad. In his novel, Bely focuses on Petersburg and the events there. All three authors illustrate Russian terrorists and how they work with which they give us an insight into their motivations and goals and show why they are so committed to their cause.
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