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Nabokov and Literary Theory (fwd)
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EDITOR's NOTE. See below.
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From: Ulrich Schmid <schmidu@ubaclu.unibas.ch>
I am working on an article on VN's Lectures on Literature. I get the
impression that his methodology has much in common with positions of
the Russian Formalists (concentration on form, ostranenie), Roman
Ingarden (concretisation, different layers of a text - VN
differentiates between style and structure), Bachtin (chronotopos) and
Wellek (no literary history but only isolated works; assessment as
integral part of interpretation).
Are there any explicit statements by VN on those matters? Which was
his attitude towards literary theory in general? Was he in contact
with scholars who adhered to the New Criticism?
Any help will be appreciated.
Ulrich Schmid
Slavic Dept.
University of Basel (Switzerland)
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EDITOR's NOTE: So far as I recall, several scholars have remarked the
similarity of N's pratice to Formalist theory. I don't have any citations
at hand, but perhaps someone out there does. It's pretty certain VN knew
Shklovsky's work. See Maxim Shrayer's new book.
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From: Ulrich Schmid <schmidu@ubaclu.unibas.ch>
I am working on an article on VN's Lectures on Literature. I get the
impression that his methodology has much in common with positions of
the Russian Formalists (concentration on form, ostranenie), Roman
Ingarden (concretisation, different layers of a text - VN
differentiates between style and structure), Bachtin (chronotopos) and
Wellek (no literary history but only isolated works; assessment as
integral part of interpretation).
Are there any explicit statements by VN on those matters? Which was
his attitude towards literary theory in general? Was he in contact
with scholars who adhered to the New Criticism?
Any help will be appreciated.
Ulrich Schmid
Slavic Dept.
University of Basel (Switzerland)
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EDITOR's NOTE: So far as I recall, several scholars have remarked the
similarity of N's pratice to Formalist theory. I don't have any citations
at hand, but perhaps someone out there does. It's pretty certain VN knew
Shklovsky's work. See Maxim Shrayer's new book.