THE CONCEPT “DELICIOUS DISSOLUTION” IN NABOKOV’S UNFINISHED NOVEL “THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA”
This article studies the representation of the author’s individual concept of “delicious dissolution” in Nabokov’s novel “The Original of Laura”. The concept is described as a step-by-step sequence of actions of the central character, and its basic semantic features are listed, which gives a possibility to compare this concept with its precedents in the works of classical literature. The cognitive linguistics approach is combined with elements of literary theory here.
Keywords: author’s individual concept, scenario (script), semantic nucleus of the concept, Nabokov’s artistic world
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Issue: 7, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 7
Rubric: RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN LITERATURE: PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION, HISTORY AND POETICS
Pages: 197 — 203
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