Structure and style : an approach to characterization in Nabokov's English novels : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at Massey University

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Structure and style : an approach to characterization in Nabokov's English novels : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at Massey University

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Massey University

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Nabokov was both teacher and artist, and this study examines his own views about writing and reading, as contained in his published lectures and interviews, in order to approach his literary practices in the English novels. For the purposes of analysing the "architectonics of a text, Nabokov distinguishes between two aspects of form: style ("the manner of the author") and structure ("the planned pattern of a work," which includes both formal properties--conventions, techniques, garre--and the...

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Doctoral

Date created

1983

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Olsson, Suzann Claire / Olsson, Suzann Clair

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/4188

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Vladimir Nabokov / Russian literature / Russian literature in English

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