摘要
俄裔美国小说家弗拉基米尔•纳博科夫在二十世纪美国文学史上是一位公认的传奇人物。评论界对他的文学著作褒贬不一，许多评论家认为他是英语文学中最好的文体家和最伟大的小说家之一。
二十世纪五十年代，美国社会开始从现代主义向后现代主义过渡。纳博科夫的代表作《洛丽塔》出版于1955年，是20世纪最受争议的小说之一。故事情节围绕来自欧洲大陆的亨伯特对12岁女孩洛丽塔的迷恋展开。为了能接近洛丽塔，亨伯特与女孩的母亲夏洛特结婚。夏洛特发现亨伯特的真实意图并想要告发他时却意外身亡。安葬夏洛特后，亨伯特便开始带洛丽塔进行周游美国的旅行，但后来洛丽塔趁生病住院逃跑。两年后生活贫困的洛丽塔写信给亨伯特求助，亨伯特找到她并知晓她曾被剧作家奎尔蒂欺骗。亨伯特杀死奎尔蒂之后锒铛入狱，英语论文，却于审判前死于心脏病。洛丽塔最终因难产而死。
评论界一般认为纳博科夫的后期著作如《微暗的火》、《阿达》等著作具有明显的后现代主义特征，英语毕业论文，而将《洛丽塔》归类于现代主义著作。但我们通过小说仔细略论，会发现这是一部具有充分后现代主义特征的著作。本文试图通过探讨略论《洛丽塔》的后现代主义特征，揭示其后现代性，从而希望将有助于后人对纳博科夫著作和生平的探讨。
关键词：纳博科夫，《洛丽塔》，后现代主义，叙事策略
Abstract
Vladimir Nabokov, a Russian-born American novelist, is acknowledged as a unique and distinctive figure in the history of twentieth-century American literature. As a matter of fact, he often gave rise to controversy in criticism. Many critics acclaimed him as one of the finest stylish people and one of the greatest novelists in America.
In 1950s, modernism began to develop into postmodernism in USA. Nabokov’s representative work, Lolita, published in 1955, is one of the most controversial novels of the 20th century. The story deals with the desire of a middle-aged pedophile, Humbert, the narrator, for a 12-year-old girl. Coming from U.S. on business, he met and married the widowed Charlotte Haze only to be near her 12-year-old daughter. To achieve this he considered killing Charlotte for many times. But Charlotte died in a car accident. After the burying, Humbert took his stepdaughter Lolita on a cross-country journey. Lolita finally escaped from his jealous protection, and he did not get her news until two years later, married and pregnant. Then she told him during her days with him, she had been cheated by a famous playwright Clare Quilty. Humbert murdered Quilty and was put into prison but died of a heart attack before his trial. Lolita died in childbirth as delivering a stillborn daughter.
Many critics noticed that some postmodern elements in Nabokov’s later works, e.g. Pal Fire and Ada, but due to some reasons, most of them define Lolita as a modernist novel. If we take a close look at it, we can find this novel bears some distinct postmodern characteristics. This essay aims to cast a new angle of view and argues that Nabokov’s Lolita is imbued with postmodern features. It is hoped that this essay will be beneficial for further study of Nabokov’s work and study.
Key words: Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, postmodernism, narrative strategy |
