英语专业毕业论文-论纳博科夫小说《洛丽塔》中的后现代主义特征.doc
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1、On the Postmodern Features of Nabokovs Lolita摘要美国俄裔小说家弗拉基米尔纳博科夫在二十世纪美国文学史上是一位公认的奇特人物,无论是其作品还是本人都是评论界争论的焦点。许多评论家赞誉纳博科夫为英语文学中最优秀和最伟大的小说家之一,认为他的小说无论在其表现出来的机智还是给人们带来的思考愉悦方面,其深度在他同时代的美国作家中都是独一无二的。洛丽塔是弗拉基米尔纳博科夫的代表作,也是纳博科夫最具争议的一部作品。这部小说带给作者纳博科夫国际声誉的同时,也给一代又一代读者留下了说不尽的话题。本文试图分析洛丽塔的后现代主义特征,揭示其后现代性。全文分为四个部分,首
2、先,对小说及作者纳博科夫进行了简单的介绍,并简要阐述了后现代主义文学的含义及其特征;其次,对小说在时间上的混乱和结构上的循环进行分析,从而论证了破碎性这一后现代主义特征在小说中的运用;再次,分析了小说中对两大主人公亨伯特和洛丽塔的反讽,从而更好的剖析人物的性格特征。最后,探究了戏仿这一写作手法在小说中的运用,分别从对主题的戏仿和对欧洲经典童话故事中人物的戏仿两方面进行分析,从而概括洛丽塔后现代主义特征。关键词:洛丽塔;后现代主义;破碎性;反讽;戏仿AbstractVladimir Nabokov,a Russian-born American novelist,is generally ack
3、nowledged as unique and distinetive figure in the 20th century Ameriean iterature.Both abokov and his works often give rise to controversy among crities.Many crities aeelaim Nabokov as one of the finest sylists and one of the greatest novelists in American literature,and argue that,in the intensity
4、of intelligence and reflective joy,his literary writing is unique in his eontemporary Ameriean literature.Lolita is one of the most controversial Works in the world. The novel brought Nabokov international reputation,but also leaves readers the untold topic from generation to generation.This thesis
5、is aims to analyse the postmodernism of Lolita, and to reveal its post-modernity. The thesis is divided into four parts: first, the novel and author are introduced briefly. Also expounds the postmodern literatures connotation and festure.Second,analyses the disorder of chronology and never-ending pa
6、ttern so that to expound and prove the postmodernism of fragmentation.Then,discusses the two characters Humbert and Lolita in the novel with irony. As to analyse the characters feature. At last, explore the writing technique of the parody has explicated in the novel, separately from the parody of Lo
7、ve Subject and the parody of the characters in classic European fairly tales . Thus summarized the Lolitas postmodernism features. Key words: Lolita; postmodernism; fragmentation; irony; parodyContents摘要1Abstract2Contents3Introduction41 The introduction of the author, the work and the Postmodern lit
8、erature51.1 The author51.2 The work51.3 The Postmodern literature62 Fragmentation of Lolita62.1 The disorder of chronology72.2 The never-ending pattern83 Irony of the characters93.1 Irony of Humbert93.2 Irony of Lolita104 Parody in the Lolita124.1 Parody of Love Subject124.2 Parody of the characters
9、 in classic European fairly tales164.2.1 Charlotte - The Evil mother164.2.2 Lolita - The beautiful princess174.2.3 Schiller - The save prince18Conclusion19Notes21Bibliography22IIIIntroductionLolita is one of the most controversial novels of the 20th-century. It tells a confessional story of a man Wh
10、ose life is the desire for a twelve-year old nymphet. The Protagonist as well as the narrator,Humber t,who is a European Professor of 37,marries the mother of Dolores Haze(Lolita)to be near the girl. When Lolitas mother dies,Humbert gains the chance to Possess the girl. Then on a trip across America
11、,stopping at many hotels,he achieves his desires. After some time,he loses Lolita to quality,another man of the same tastes who is indeed his rival,whom he later tracks down and kills.When the work Lolita came out in New York in 1958,the critics are pay close attention to it. In Nabokovs work, we ca
12、n find that there are many postmodernism characters in the novel. After looked up the document about this novel that many scholars have analyzed the postmodernism characteristics of Lolita from some point of view. For example, In the novels first American review, John Hollander, saw Lolita as purely
13、 an experiment with literary forms:“Lolita,if it is anythingreally,is the record of Mr.Nabokovs love affair with the romantic novel.”1 Howard Nemerov concurred:“Nabokovs own artistic concern, here as elsewhere, I should say,has no more to do with morality than with sex.”In Nemerovs reading,Nabokov p
14、resided over a purely artistic universe“to which morality stands but as a dubious, Euclidean convenience.”2 Eric Goldman states,“Lolita touched,and still touches, a peculiarly American nerve.” 3In the magazine Nabokov Studies,numerous criticisms can be found on it.Butler focuses on modern aesthetici
15、sm;4Marie C.Bouchet dwells on the details description 5Chinese critics also turn their eyes on this prominent figure in recent years.Li Xiaojun examines exile subject on Lolita, 6Zhou Qichao quotes that Nabokov is widely recognized“with William Faulkner,one of the two great American novelists of tha
16、t same time.”7However,more and more critics agree that from his late 1950s,especially from 1960s Nabokovs writing steps on a new stage both in his artistictechniques and thematic depth:postmodernism.Pale Fire(1962)and Ada(1969)are often talked as his postmodern representatives and are most frequentl
17、y mentioned with admiration by the postmodernists.Zhan Shukui tries to argue that there are two Nabokovs,“a modernist and a postmodernist”;and he classifies that“Lolita is modernist and Ada postmodernist.”8In this thesis,first, analyses the disorder of chronology and never-ending pattern so that to
18、expound and prove the postmodernism of fragmentation.Then,discusses the two characters Humbert and Lolita in the novel with irony. As to analyse the characters feature. At last, explore the writing technique of the parody has explicated in the novel. Through the above content, to discuss the postmod
19、ern colour, which hope to help to deepen the understanding and study of Nabokov. 1 The introduction of the author, the work and the Postmodern literature1.1 The authorNabokov(1899一1977)was born in St.Petersburg,Russia,of an aristocratic family with rich and cultured Parents. His father was a liberal
20、 judge. In 1919,Nabokov fled with his family into Westem Europe. He studied Freneh and Russian Literature at Cambridge University in England and tookB.A.in modern languages there in 1922.1.2 The workThe story deals with the desire of a middle-aged pedophile Humbert,the narrator, for a12-year-old gir
21、l. In the psychopathic ward of a prison while awaiting trial for murder, 37-year-old Humbert wrote out his life story. Though once wed to a woman of about his age, he had long been obsessed by a passion for nymphets: girls between the ages of 9 and 14. Coming from Europe to the Upson business, he me
22、t and married the widowed Charlotte Haze only to be near her 12-year-old daughter Lolita. To achieve this he considered murdering Charlotte for many times. But Charlotte was killed by a car accident. After the burying, Humbert took his stepdaughter Lolita on a cross-country journey. Lolita finally e
23、scaped from his jealous protection, and he did not learn of her again until two years later, married, and pregnant. Then she told him that during her days with him, she had been cheated by a famous playwright Clare Quilty.Humbert murdered him and was jailed but died of a heart attack before his tria
24、l. Lolita died in Childbirth as delivering a stillborn daughter.1.3 The Postmodern literaturePostmodern literature is after the second world war appeared in western society, wide range of literary trend in 20th century 70 - the 1980s reached its peak. No matter in literary thought or in writing skil
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