TBK Book Seven - "Alyosha"
Professor Kozlowski discusses the funeral of Elder Zosima, and what Dostoevsky reveals about the nature of Christian hypocrisy, as well as tracking the development of Alyosha Karamazov through despair...
23 Feb 202259min
TBK Book Six - "The Russian Monk"
"The Grand Inquisitor" may be the most-discussed passage from The Brothers Karamazov, but the Life, Talks, and Homilies of Father Zosima is almost certainly the thematic center of the whole book, unse...
16 Feb 20221h 3min
TBK Book Five - "Pro and Contra"
At last, it's the moment we've all been waiting for: Professor Kozlowski discusses Rebellion and The Grand Inquisitor - Ivan's long speech to Alyosha about philosophy, freedom, suffering, and proto-ex...
8 Feb 20222h 10min
TBK Book Four - "Strains"
Professor Kozlowski turns his attention to the villains and victims of Dostoevsky's characters in The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Karamaov at his most terrible, Katerina Ivanovna at her most manipulati...
1 Feb 20221h 24min
TBK Book Three - "The Sensualists"
Professor Kozlowski discusses Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov as it returns to Dostoevsky's comfort zone: Alyosha bustling about, bumping into other characters and listening to their problems. To...
1 Feb 20221h 42min
TBK Book Two - "An Inapprorpiate Gathering"
Professor Kozlowski discusses Dostoevsky's over-ambitious first look at the Family Karamazov as they hide their insecurities with erudition (or stupidity), create several public scandals, threaten mur...
25 Jan 20221h 56min
Mythology SP22 Syllabus
Professor Kozlowski is sick, and couldn't go to class for his typical first-day-syllabus discussion. So it ended up here instead. New Brothers Karamazov lecture to come soon, but first I've got to p...
19 Jan 20221h 23min
TBK Book One - "A Nice Little Family"
Professor Kozlowski discusses Dostoevsky's shamelessly expository first book of The Brothers Karamazov, including the "muddle-headed" and dissipated father Fyodor, hapless Dmitri, capable Ivan, and Al...
11 Jan 20221h 47min
