Essays about: "Nabokov"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the word Nabokov.

1. 6. The Function of Parody in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Nicohle Falk; [2014]
   Keywords : parody; doppelgänger; Lolita; Vladimir Nabokov; psychoanalysis; Freud; romance; post-modernism; meta-fiction; intertextuality; irony; game; traps; Poe; Dora case; puns; Languages and Literatures;

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3. 7. Can Humbert be Trusted with the Telling of His Tale?A Deconstructive Study of Binary Oppositions in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Anna Jangblad Jukic; [2013]
   Keywords : Vladimir Nabokov; Lolita; Humbert; Deconstruction; Binary opposition; Unreliable; Guilt; Innocence; Real; Imagined;

   Abstract : In Lolita, Humbert is obsessed with the 12-year-old Lolita. It is a vulgar and disturbing story which raises questions about morality and ethics. With a sophisticated and elegant narrative, Humbert manages to draw attention to language rather than to his actions. Through fancy prose style Humbert covers up and hides his horrible actions. READ MORE

4. 8. It´s All Relative: Time and Space in Nabokov´s Lolita

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Robert Preston; [2013]
   Keywords : Deconstruction; Einstein; Relativity; Space; Time; Space-Time;

   Abstract : This essay offers a deconstructive approach to Nabokov´s Lolita. Critics have tended to treat space and time as distinct concepts in the novel: choosing to analyse the role of either one or the other, and even when considering both, examining them in isolation. READ MORE

5. 9. Unreliable Narration in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : John Wasmuth; [2009]
   Keywords : russian authors; Humbert; narratology; unreliable narrator; Lolita; Nabokov; unreliability; Languages and Literatures;

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