Nabokov''s Mimicry of Freud - Art As Science

Teckyoung Kwon examines Nabokov's use of literary devices that draw upon psychology and biology, characters that imitate Freud or Nabokov in behavior or thought, and Jamesian concepts of time, memory, and consciousness in The Defense, Despair, Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Mimicry as a Form of Art
3. Memory as a Form of Fiction
4. Dream is not for Analysis: The Luzhin Defense
5. The Criminal as an Artist: Despair
6. Lolita: Nabokov's Memory War against Freud
7. Pale Fire: Analyze me if you can
8. Ada: In Opposition to the Incest Taboo
Conclusion

About the author

By Teckyoung Kwon

Summary

Teckyoung Kwon examines Nabokov’s use of literary devices that draw upon psychology and biology, characters that imitate Freud or Nabokov in behavior or thought, and Jamesian concepts of time, memory, and consciousness in The Defense, Despair, Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada.

Product details

• Authors: Teckyoung Kwon
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781498557627
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5762-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Dialog-on-Freud; Dialog-on-Freud
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Fiction: general & literary, Psychotherapy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Freud;Nabakov;Psychology