Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0003825, Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:26:37 -0800

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MLA Nabokov Centennial Panels (slightly revised edition)
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EDITOR's NOTE. This version includes the titles of the two panels.
Otherwise, the content is identical.
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December 27, Monday, 5:15-6:30
N*A*B*O*K*O*V C*E*N*T*E*N*N*I*A*L P*A*N*E*L I
Interpreting Nabokov: Puzzles and Problems
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Chair, Ellen Pifer, Univ. of Delaware

1. Julian W. Connolly, Univ. of Virginia:
"How Should We Read (and Interpret) Nabokov's Work?"

2. Dana Dragunoiu, Univ. of Toronto, Canada:
"Nabokov's 'Indivisible Monism': A Metaphysical Problem Ignored"

3. Paul Neubauer, Univ. of Freiburg, Germany
"The Figure of the Fool in the Master's Later Novels"

4. Sarah Herbold, Univ. of California, Berkeley
"Charlotte's Revenge in *Lolita*"

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December 27, Monday, 7:15-8:30
N*A*B*O*K*O*V C*E*N*T*E*N*N*I*A*L P*A*N*E*L II
Interpreting Nabokov: Reassessments and Metamorphoses
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Chair, Galya Diment, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

1. Lisa Zunshine, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
"Rethinking Nabokov's 'Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster"

2. Lioubov Iouzina-Tarvainen, Helsinki Univ., Finland
"What's in a Literal Translation: Nabokov's Pushkin and the Other
English *Eugene Onegins*"

3. Michael Eskin, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK
"My *Onegin*, Your *Onegin*: The Strange Case of Alexander
Nabokov and Vladimir Pushkin"

4. Andrew Wallace, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
"Nabokov's Metamorphoses: Translation and Transformation
in *Ada*