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Identity Construction and Language Deconstruction Codeswitching, Lexical Experimentation, and Self-Translation in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", "Pnin", and "King, Queen, Knave".

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Identity Construction and Language Deconstruction Codeswitching, Lexical Experimentation, and Self-Translation in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", "Pnin", and "King, Queen, Knave"./
Author:	Puhr, Thomas.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	56 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International57-04(E).
Subject:	Linguistics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10643233
ISBN:	9780355629378

Identity Construction and Language Deconstruction Codeswitching, Lexical Experimentation, and Self-Translation in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", "Pnin", and "King, Queen, Knave".
Puhr, Thomas.

Identity Construction and Language Deconstruction Codeswitching, Lexical Experimentation, and Self-Translation in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", "Pnin", and "King, Queen, Knave". - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 56 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northeastern Illinois University, 2017.

Vladimir Nabokov's novels have been the subject of countless reviews and analyses. Early American reviews, especially those for Lolita , were preoccupied with whether or not his prose was pornographic in nature. However, subsequent criticism has explored Nabokov's complex writing style, which consists of relentless allusions, esoteric wordplay, and playful codeswitching, all buried within his trademark, serpentine sentences. While many Nabokov scholars, such as Boyd and Rowe, have been quick to point out the author's multilingualism and its effect on his unique writing style, few have explored the purposes of this style and how it plays into both Nabokov's vision of the ideal writer and his deconstructionist beliefs regarding language.

ISBN: 9780355629378Subjects--Topical Terms:

524476
Linguistics.

Identity Construction and Language Deconstruction Codeswitching, Lexical Experimentation, and Self-Translation in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", "Pnin", and "King, Queen, Knave".
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520 $a In this thesis, I demonstrate how Nabokov's codeswitching, lexical experimentation, and self-translation convey a conscious effort on the author's part to (1) construct a purely individual and, in his opinion, superior identity as a writer and (2) point out the inherent shortcomings of any one language in capturing, or mimicking, reality. Nabokov's intentional language choices allow him to not only transcend any labels as a "Russian Writer" or an "American Writer" but to also underline languages' inherent inadequacies for encapsulating human thoughts and feelings.
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