This thesis examines desire in Nabokov's Lolita in order to explore the nature of representation and to suggest another way to read this controversial text.
The narrative of Lolita is designed to incite an oscillation in the reader between feelings of
desire and disgust. Humbert conveys his desire for Dolores, the 12‐year‐old girl‐child, and
invites the reader to share in ...
I have chosen to write my thesis on Vladimir Nabokov’s late novel, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle. In my thesis I invoke Henri Bergson’s treatise on duration, Time and Free Will as well as Roland Barthes’ Camera Lucida, ...