SEMANTICS OF SLEEP IN V. NABOKOV’S NOVEL “THE EYE”

Poleva Elena Aleksandrovna

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In Nabokov’s novel “The Eye” semantics of sleep is researched by means of analysis of plot, narrative and intertextual levels of the work, it is proved that through a dialogue with classical literature Nabokov expresses his interpretation of sleep which corresponds to existential world outlook.

Keywords: Russian-language literature abroad, Nabokov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, motive, sleep, dream, baroque, romanticism, existentialism, consciousness

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Issue: 9, 2012

Pages: 133 — 138

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