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Interpretation Of Lolita Based On The Theory Of Narrative Communication

Posted on:2020-05-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y Y DuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330572476452Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Lolita is Nabokov's most compelling work and the most controversial work.The love between middle-aged Humbert and the girl Lolita has attracted the attention of countless readers.In the works,Nabokov used complex narrative techniques to create the story,so this article will use the narrative communication theory as the framework,focusing on the interpretation of the unreliable narrator problem in Lolita,the implied author problem and Nabokov's concept of creation.The introduction part sorts out the research summary of Lolita,and on this basis,puts forward the innovation of this paper and summarizes the theoretical framework adopted in this study.The research summary is based on the three parts of the study of "Lolita" in Soviet Russia,the study of Lolita in the West,and the study of Lolita in China.The research direction covers subject research,narrative research,and character research.Through the investigation of academic history,this paper finds that the previous research did not interpret Lolita from the perspective of "narrative communication theory",and the research on the double recipients and implied authors of Lolita is not comprehensive enough.On the basis of other narrative studies,we focus on the dynamic generation of the meaning of Lolita from the research mode of "narrative communication theory".The first part explains the narrator's unreliability based on the communication of the "narrator-reporter".Nabokov first gave the narrator Humber a sufficient freedom of narrative to establish the authority of the narrator.Then from the confusing narrator identity,the constantly changing narrative name,the gap between the narrator and the character,the sub-text information,and the double-reporter,the narrator's unreliability is implied and the narrator's authority is dispelled.Such narrative strategy breaks the stability and authority of a single narrative,subverts the reader's cognition,makes the narrative full of contradictions and tensions,greatly enhances the depth of the narrative of the novel,and can draw readers to pay attention to the uniqueness of the narrator in the works.And then construct the multiplicity of the connotation of the work.The second part discusses the narrative connotation of Lolita from the exchange between "implicit authors-implicit readers".The real author presents a unique narrative mode and narrative strategy in the text,behind which the implicit author's voice is buried.As a narrator,Humbert strongly denies the existence of any perspective other than himself,and has been trying to maintain his dominant position in the narrative.But Humbert's perspective has a gap,and through his means of dealing with characters in the narrative,he can see the existence of power space.Nabokov's presupposition "implicit readers" can have the artist's aesthetics,can createan emotional sense of his works,appreciate the fun in his works,understand the artistry in his works,and have a higher Aesthetic level.Only the "implicit author" and "implicit readers" have equal status and cooperate with each other to realize the smooth exchange of "implicit authors-implicit readers".The "power space" is the performance of the "implicit author-implicit reader".The third part discusses Nabokov's concept of creation and its role through the exchange between "real authors-real readers".The creative concept of the real author gives the reader a path to interpret the work from outside the text."True fiction" is generated by Nabokov's unique growth experience and wandering life,subverting the traditional view of reality and helping readers to stay away from the misunderstanding of interpretation.Nabokov's obsession with butterflies and chess embodies his pursuit of "symbolic reality" "Symbolic Reality" makes readers feel the joy of puzzle solving and aesthetic ecstasy during the reading process.The real readers also have subjective initiative,and the real reader's interpretation of the works can enrich the text.The conclusion points out that Nabokov is aware of the contradiction and predicament between art and reality.As an artist can understand Humbert's art world,Nabokov uses a concealed and narrative narrative to express himself to Humbert's The sympathy of the artist's situation.Nabokov's full of subversive and fictional narratives also provide examples of the liberalization of the novel.
Keywords/Search Tags:Lolita, Nabokov, narrative exchange, narrative connotation, creation view
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