Absurd World of Totalitarian Oppression. Vladimir Nabokov’s Play With Myths and Symbols Cover Image

Absurdalny świat totalitarnego zniewolenia. Władimira Nabokowa gry z mitami i symbolami
Absurd World of Totalitarian Oppression. Vladimir Nabokov’s Play With Myths and Symbols

Author(s): Agnieszka Baczewska-Murdzek
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Russian Literature, Government/Political systems, History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Nabokow; satire; totalitarianism; freedom; absurdity; fear;

Summary/Abstract: The author of the present paper focuses on the relationship between the individual and the power in a totalitarian state of absurd, created in Russian prose of Vladimir Nabokov. According to the author of the article, by describing totalitarian reality, the Russian writer deals with the problem of human oppression and asks about the reasons for this state of affairs. He shows areas of growing opposition and builds in the reader strength needed to rebel.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 7-21
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish