XXVII International Readings “The Art Works of F. M. Dostoevsky in the Reception of Readings of the XXI Century”: Reflections, Discussions, Methodology of Readings Texts (Staraya Russa, April 08–10, 2025)

The article describes literary readings that have become regular in Staraya Russa, the city of Fyodor Dostoevsky, for philologists and fans of the writer's works. In 2025, they were mainly devoted to the novel "White Nights". The Chairman of the organizing committee and the moderator of the conference was Tatiana Alexandrovna Kasatkina, Doctor of Philology, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal”. For three days, the presenters of the readings, teachers of Russian literature, museum workers, students, and even school students proposed concepts for reading F. M. Dostoevsky's novels, fitting them into various contexts, and discussed the methodology for describing F.M. Dostoevsky's poetics. Dostoevsky, considered the aesthetic and philosophical views of the writer. The event included guided tours of the Karamazov Brothers Museum in Staraya Russa and the House Museum of F. Dostoevsky, the places of Dostoevsky's heroes in Staraya Russa, organized panel discussion to discuss the novel "White Nights".