BASIC PERSPECTIVES OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S METAPHYSICS

• Main Authors: C. Hong, W. Xiumei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MGIMO University Press 2018-09-01
• Series: Концепт: философия, религия, культура
• Subjects: metaphysics; creation; style metaphysics; metaproza; creativity; philosophical and ethical views; a real and surreal world; the creation of artistic techniques; the category of “games” and “theater”.
• Online Access: https://concept.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/173

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov is a distinctive representative of Russian literature in the 20th century. His works are studied by many famous artists in many countries. The conciseness and beauty of his language are unique characteristics of Nabokov’s creation. His works show great philosophical depth, high moral values, and aesthetic accomplishments. His erudition has also attracted the attention of the world. This paper mainly expounds his metaphysical ideas: Nabokov’s metaphysics is mainly expressed in his great understanding of the world and his ability to understand and his longing for something grand and incomparable. His philosophical, ethical and moral ideas have incorporated the views of various literary schools, formalism, and structuralism at home and abroad. In addition, this article analyzes the relationship between philosophy, ethics, linguistics, reality and non-reality, reality and lies through the study of many works of the author; it clearly defines the distinction between “game” and “acting”; explained a series of problems of the author’s creation techniques; summed up the themes such as “time and permanence”, “memory and memories” in Nabokov’s works. These are all reflected frequently in Nabokov’s works. It is precisely because of this that his works have also been studied as metaphysical works for the public.