Vladimir Nabokov – purysta językowy

Vladimir Nabokov rosyjsko-amerykański pisarz piszący w dwóch językach: rosyjskim i angielskim należy do najwybitniejszych prozaików XX wieku. Bilingwizm Nabokova stanowi o sukcesie pisarza, niniejszy artykuł próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, czy jest on źródłem puryzmu językowego autora Lolity? Wychowany w anglofilskiej rodzinie, płynnie posługujący się dwoma językami Nabokov musiał dążyć do perfekcji językowej, która była zarówno wyrazem jego talentu, jak i wytężonej pracy z językiem, doświadczenia translatorskiego. Doskonalenie języka literackiego, mistrzostwo stylu wyrażonego w aluzjach, kryptocytatach, powtórzeniach spowodowało, że Nabokov uznawany jest za wirtuoza, mistrza słowa i autorytet literacki, pozwalający na krytyczny i radykalny stosunek do tekstów literackich, a zwłaszcza tłumaczonych na języki obce. Puryzm językowy Nabokova wynika zatem z jego maniery artystycznej oraz konsekwencji twórczej, wysokie wymagania pisarz stawiał sobie samemu, kategorycznie oceniał innych twórców i tłumaczy. W opinii Nabokova talent literacki zobowiązuje do puryzmu językowego, a prawdziwe arcydzieła charakteryzują się doskonałym artystycznie językiem, który zachwyca czytelników.

Bilingual literary creativity: language shift or code-switching?

The writing of texts in more than one language by the same author referred to as a literary creation has a long history. It can be both the original composition and a self-translation by the author with a certain degree of revision of the initial text. The purpose of this article is to consider some cases of author’s bilingualism / polylingualism and analyze its varieties. The material for the research includes literary creations of a number of authors who lived in different historical periods (Joseph Flavius, Ulrich von Hutten, Oscar Wilde, Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Sholom Aleichem, etc.). Usually, in cases where the author uses two / more languages, the opposition of a native language / the second (third, etc.) language is observed. There is also a particular issue of treating the possibility of having more than one native language. In general, in such cases we deal with colloquial / modern languages used by corresponding communities as means of communication. However, there are also situations where one member of a bilingual pair is a language of the culture (Latin and new languages at the Renaissance, Yiddish and Hebrew among a number of Jewish authors, etc.). In any case, the question may arise as to how balanced this kind of bilingual creativity is. Using the categories of sociolinguistics, this issue can be formulated as follows: has the writer retained the code-switching (if yes, then what is the relative importance of both languages in his creative activity) and has it not resulted in a language shift, that is, an almost complete transition to one of the members of the bilingual pair.

Postmodern writing & The Forty Rules of Love

Postmodern writing is depicted as a methodology that created in the time of post-The Second Great War. 'Discontinuity' is the acknowledgment of alienation of any person and is a noticeable component of postmodern writing. Kurt Vonnegut, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, John Barth and William Gaddis are some remarkable writers who have some association with postmodern writing. postmodern writing was officially started in 1972. Shafak's backing of a cosmopolitan, worldwide society, where public affiliations become old, conflicts with her open adherence to the requirements and style of the American scholarly market. 'Techno culture' is the mix of innovation with culture while 'fleeting mutilation' implies that occasions and activities in any account don't bring about sequential request, both of these attributes are utilized in postmodern writing. A connection between two abstract works is known as 'intertextuality' that is likewise a procedure utilized in postmodern writing. examine Elif Shafak’s novel The forty rules of love as an impression of her endeavor to rise above social limits through fiction. Postmodern writing addresses a culture which addresses postmodern life.

Postmodern writing & The Forty Rules of Love

Postmodern writing is depicted as a methodology that created in the time of post-The Second Great War. 'Discontinuity' is the acknowledgment of alienation of any person and is a noticeable component of postmodern writing. Kurt Vonnegut, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, John Barth and William Gaddis are some remarkable writers who have some association with postmodern writing. postmodern writing was officially started in 1972. Shafak's backing of a cosmopolitan, worldwide society, where public affiliations become old, conflicts with her open adherence to the requirements and style of the American scholarly market. 'Techno culture' is the mix of innovation with culture while 'fleeting mutilation' implies that occasions and activities in any account don't bring about sequential request, both of these attributes are utilized in postmodern writing. A connection between two abstract works is known as 'intertextuality' that is likewise a procedure utilized in postmodern writing. examine Elif Shafak’s novel The forty rules of love as an impression of her endeavor to rise above social limits through fiction. Postmodern writing addresses a culture which addresses postmodern life.

Mystical Metaprose of the 20th Century: genesis and metamorphosis (Herman Hesse — Vladimir Nabokov — Mikhail Bulgakov)

The book by Doctor Philology Zlotchevskaya A. V. deals with the phenomenon of “mystical metaprose” of the 20th century. The study is built on the laws of logic: description of phenomenon and its genesis, aesthetic strategy of the three writers, genre model, poetics. The author points out the creative similarity of three writers in their approach to aesthetic and metaphysical problems, their tragic-comic view of the world. The book is addressed to a broad spectrum of intellectuals, primarily scholars and university students of philology, as well as all those interested in the works of Hesse, Nabokov and Bulgakov.

Vladimir Nabokov. Lezioni di letteratura russa

Review of Nabokov, V. (2021). Lezioni di letteratura russa. A cura di C. De Lotto e S. Zinato. Milano: Adelphi, 467 pp.