Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004911, Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:02:30 -0800

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Fw: Query: Nabokov's Disciples ?
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From: Seth795@aol.com <Seth795@aol.com>
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Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Query: Nabokov's Disciples ?


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>I'd say Kurt Vonnegut - not so much stylistically, because Vonnegut's style
>is much simpler, but in their approach to time and narration. The goal of
>"Pnin" and "Slaughterhouse-Five", for instance, is virtually the same - to
>describe the narrator's experience by reference to a similar observed main
>character.
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>Seth D. Michaels
>Brandeis University