Talk:The Adolescent

The Raw Youth vs The Adolescent vs An Accidental Family

Currently the article resides at "The Raw Youth". Near as I can tell, the Russian word "Подросток" translates to something like "teenager" suggesting "The Adolescent" might be the most appropriate. Are there any strong arguments why "The Raw Youth" might be preferred, or perhaps eve "An Accidental Family"? Jason Quinn (talk) 03:11, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Подросток means teenager or adolescent. I think it was Constance Garnett who first translated it and probably used "A Raw Youth" to emphasize the angsty nature of the adolescent (although I'm not sure why on this page it's called "THE Raw Youth" and would be interested to know what informed the article decision). "An Accidental Family" bothers me because that's not the title Dostoevsky gave it and is kind of like Garnett calling Бесы (lit. field demons that trick travelers and lead them astray) "The Possessed" instead of "Demons," which is much more accurate. As far as "Подросток" is concerned, I think "The/An Adolescent" is the most apt title. Drkshirls (talk) 21:42, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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"Whereas the young of Arkady's time embraced a very negative opinion of Russian culture in contrast to Western or European culture." Please fix this. It's substandard writing. 108.18.136.147 (talk) 21:13, 4 October 2015 (UTC) ...and the following paragraph is as poorly written and incomprehensible in parts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:183:4500:3A90:68F1:FF8F:CCFE:D836 (talk) 21:25, 20 March 2018 (UTC)