小说《洛丽塔》的分析.pptVIP

Lolita by V. Nabokov主讲老师： 陆道夫广州大学外国语学院 Vladimir Nabokov a Russian American Writer;studied at Trinity College , Cambridge; Although he created characters with absurd obsessions and bizarre sexual appetites, Nabokov also fashioned himself as a sophisticated and serious novelist. Wordplay, elaborate allusions, complex descriptions, and educated reflections on reading and writing are all prominent in Nabokov’s fiction. focus on the themes of memory and travel Lolita The summary of the novelThe story tells about an obsessive middle-aged scholar who pursues an exquisite nymphet of 12 year’s old.Because of his childhood experience, Humbert Humbert began to obsess with little girls especially those whose age range from 9 to 14 and he also defined those girls as nymphet. These tragic experiences are the reason for how Humbert Humbert became a pedophile. in 1947, Humbert, got a teaching job in a small New England town, he married a widow Charlotte Haze for the purpose of being near Charlottes 12-year-old daughter, Dolores Haze.Charlotte Haze died from a car accident ,Humbert begin his erotic travel with his daughter Dolores Haze. They drive around the country, moving from state to state and hotel to hotel. After many years traveling Lolita began to feel dislike to her stepfather. So she use some tricks to escape successfully her stepfathers control. One day in 1952, Humbert receives a letter from Lolita, now 17, who tells him that she is married, pregnant, and in desperate need of money. Humbert goes to see Lolita, giving her money and hoping to kill the man who abducted her. She tells the truth: Clare Quilty, the writer of the school play, is also a pedophile and amateur pornographer. He checked Lolita out of the hospital and attempted to make her star in one of his pornographic films; when she refused, he threw her out. Humbert wanted Lolita to leave her husband and return to him, but she refuses. Finally, Humbert killed Quilty. He dies of illness upon finishing