| Titre | Lolita class list | |
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| Auteur | Gavriel Shapiro | |
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Revue | Cahiers du monde russe |
| Numéro | volume 37, no 3, juillet-septembre 1996 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 317-335 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Gavriel Shapiro, Lolita class list.
The article examines "that class list" in Lolita which Nabokov considered among "the nerves of the novel." Careful study of the list corroborates this authorial assertion: Lolita 's classmates frequently emerge in the course of the narrative, and their rather conventional lives of American youngsters shed contrasting light on the tragic fate of the little heroine. On another plane, the class list contains a plethora of cultural allusions, literary first and foremost. The role of these allusions is twofold: some serve as commentary to the novel, enhancing the reader's understanding of its characters and situations; others reflect Nabokov's literary tastes and extraliterary interests and refer to his own works and life circumstances. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_1252-6576_1996_num_37_3_2464 |
