With its uttermost innovate form and its puzzle content, Pale Fire has sustained Nabokov the most intensive scholarly attention ever since its publication. Despite a great deal of criticism on the novel Pale Fire the ...With its uttermost innovate form and its puzzle content, Pale Fire has sustained Nabokov the most intensive scholarly attention ever since its publication. Despite a great deal of criticism on the novel Pale Fire the poem Pale Fire within it has been neglected. This essay commits to analyze this poem from four perspectives, namely its symmetrical structure, the counterpoint of the poem, its parody and intertextuality and its meta-poetic element. By doing the detailed examination this essay proves that this 999 line poem embodies the significant themes of this novel, which are the counterpoint and"a Web of Sense".展开更多
Nabokov believes that “art is a method by which the writer is able to cause a special aesthetic experience among thereader”;language, structure, style and other means of expression are always more important than the...Nabokov believes that “art is a method by which the writer is able to cause a special aesthetic experience among thereader”;language, structure, style and other means of expression are always more important than the plot of thework. We can find a vivid embodiment of this creation view in Pale Fire. Because of the method“defamiliarization”, the aesthetics of the whole novel is expressed in three key steps: the introduction of poeticambiguity on Shade’s poem;an explanation of poetic ambiguity by means of Kinbote’s commentary;regenarationof ambiguity through the suspension of Kinbote’s commentary from Shade’s poetic language. The artistic theme ofambiguity is a manifestation of the author’s hidden feelings for the homeland. Nabokov, as an expatriate Russianwriter, is experiencing not only a deep relationship with his homeland, but also a sense of bitterness from being inexile. His impression and memories of hometown beacame the inspiration for creation.展开更多
This paper demonstrates the rhetoric technique, narrative function and sign decoding of Nabokocian otherworld in LoBta and Pale Fire to detect not only the presence of the metaphysical otherworld, but also the faint i...This paper demonstrates the rhetoric technique, narrative function and sign decoding of Nabokocian otherworld in LoBta and Pale Fire to detect not only the presence of the metaphysical otherworld, but also the faint influence upon the living. Under the narrative strategies of the otherworld lies Nabokov＇s aesthetic ethics, which make those who label Nabokov pessimistic and indifferent to be aware of his persistent attempt to push beyond the boundaries of human consciousness and his sincere concern and deep sympathy for the misery of men.展开更多
文摘With its uttermost innovate form and its puzzle content, Pale Fire has sustained Nabokov the most intensive scholarly attention ever since its publication. Despite a great deal of criticism on the novel Pale Fire the poem Pale Fire within it has been neglected. This essay commits to analyze this poem from four perspectives, namely its symmetrical structure, the counterpoint of the poem, its parody and intertextuality and its meta-poetic element. By doing the detailed examination this essay proves that this 999 line poem embodies the significant themes of this novel, which are the counterpoint and"a Web of Sense".
文摘Nabokov believes that “art is a method by which the writer is able to cause a special aesthetic experience among thereader”;language, structure, style and other means of expression are always more important than the plot of thework. We can find a vivid embodiment of this creation view in Pale Fire. Because of the method“defamiliarization”, the aesthetics of the whole novel is expressed in three key steps: the introduction of poeticambiguity on Shade’s poem;an explanation of poetic ambiguity by means of Kinbote’s commentary;regenarationof ambiguity through the suspension of Kinbote’s commentary from Shade’s poetic language. The artistic theme ofambiguity is a manifestation of the author’s hidden feelings for the homeland. Nabokov, as an expatriate Russianwriter, is experiencing not only a deep relationship with his homeland, but also a sense of bitterness from being inexile. His impression and memories of hometown beacame the inspiration for creation.
文摘This paper demonstrates the rhetoric technique, narrative function and sign decoding of Nabokocian otherworld in LoBta and Pale Fire to detect not only the presence of the metaphysical otherworld, but also the faint influence upon the living. Under the narrative strategies of the otherworld lies Nabokov＇s aesthetic ethics, which make those who label Nabokov pessimistic and indifferent to be aware of his persistent attempt to push beyond the boundaries of human consciousness and his sincere concern and deep sympathy for the misery of men.
