“ADA OR ARDOUR, A FAMILY CHRONICLE” BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV: PSYCHOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL CONTEXT
Abstract
The aim of the article is to analyze the novel Ada or Ardour, a Family Chronicle by V. Nabokov through the prism of transgenerational trauma framework which is a very general kind of trauma characteristic of the literary works of many writers as well as the one that bears a lot of collective features, common for different historical periods. The assumption is that Ada or Ardour, a Family Chronicle has a lot of motives reminiscent of the Biblical stories. The introduction of symbolic language, the play of different space and time subsystems aim at creating a history of the world in miniature, which is very common for post-modern narrative, yet one of the features of the analysis is to consider the novel construction through psychoanalytical framework, an attempt that clashes with the common statement of the author who was notorious for denying the works written by Freud.
About the Author
N. F. Scherbak
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Philology), Ass. Prof.
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Philology), Ass. Prof.
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Scherbak N.F. “ADA OR ARDOUR, A FAMILY CHRONICLE” BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV: PSYCHOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, CULTURAL CONTEXT. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2019;(3):252-265. (In Russ.)
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