The Fiction Theory Of Nabokov's

With the popularity of Lolita,Nabokov rose to fame in the literary world of the 20 th century.In addition to his well-known status as a novelist,Nabokov is also a literary critic and Lepidoptera entomological taxonomist.His mulriple identity has also influenced his critical concept of fiction,which is different from that of a critic who pays attention to the generalization of systematic theory and the output of abstract knowledge structure.Nabokov's novel criticism is the distillation of his unique artistic personality and insight.His innovation and breakthrough in novel theory is rare in the history of criticism.Nabokov's theory of fiction embodies the distinct logic rationality and the tireless pursuit of artistic beauty,he has a unique view of the fiction's falsity and reality and its functional value.In his view,fiction is the product of the writer's imagination and fiction is the essence of fiction.Therefore,the function of fiction is not to reflect social reality and propagate specific ideas.Generally speaking,Nabokov regards the release of beauty and inspiration as the function of fiction and upholds the aesthetic non-utilitarian view of fiction.Nabokov attaches great importance to the return of the text.His disassembly and analysis of the novel are as meticulous as the dissection of butterflies.He can always find important details that are often ignored in the novel.When criticizing,his critical language is also influenced by both rationality and sensibility.He often uses biological terms to analyze fiction.The prism used to study butterflies is not only his help in classifying insects,but also his special perspective in viewing literary works.At the same time,his critical language also has a humorous style,which is the externalization of artistic aesthetics.Insect research is also closely in line with Nabokov's understanding of the nature of the novel.In his view,the novel is a mimic of natural biology and a fantastic deception.When he goes deep into the text world,Nabokov also reveals the internal relationship between different writers' creations from the perspective of taxonomists.Nabokov's novel theory aims at seeking beauty,showing deep humanitarianism and strong artistic flavor.Nabokov attaches great importance to the unity of content and form of his works.He deconstructs and reorganizes the text of novel with the method of thematic criticism,and realizes the balance between the ingeniousstructure and the content of the story.In thematic criticism,the rhetoric skills,characters,plot arrangements and structural changes of the novel are clearly excavated,which shows the readers a delicate literary aesthetic feeling.The transcendence of formalism and new criticism.At the same time,Nabokov also attaches great importance to the style of fiction.He regards style as the most valuable part of his works.He also regards style as the projection of the author's personal characteristics in his works and the publicity of his unique qualities in his works.Nabokov's understanding of fiction is not confined to the inside of his works,but also spreads his perspective to the social environment,writers' creation and readers' reading activities.He regards the world as a potential novel,and also regards fiction as a brand-new world.Excellent fiction,like fairy tales,is the originality of great writers.In order to appreciate the most valuable part of literary works,readers The backbone should be used for repeated reading and resonance with writers.The purpose of Nabokov's novel theory and literary criticism is to seek pure artistic aesthetic feeling.Although his criticism text lacks theory and systematicness,it restores the hidden aesthetic world of novel works.Nabokov's literary lectures provide a new way for literary criticism and literary reading,and play an invariable guiding role in novel criticism.