Pursuit Of The Weakest Individuals In The Darkness Of The "non-personal Flash

Vladimir Nabokov is an independent writer who is famous for the various forms in his novels. On one hand, some critics pay close attention to the forms of his novels, while, on the other hand, it is also because of this that some critics take Nabokov as an independent magician of form and neglect the serious spiritual connotation of his writings.Doppelg?nger is an important aspect in the research of Nabokov's works. In almost every Nabokov's work, there are always two characters that look the same or have similar temperament. Many critics noted very early on this issue, but because of Nabokov's denial of the doppelg?nger in an interview and his offense of the search for symbols in the text, the research on the doppelg?nger is not of much. Besides, with aspect to the stress on the research of form in Nabokov's works, many critics regard the doppelg?nger as the category of the form research, seeing it as the pure text skill and neglect the complex cultural connotation of it.While, in the text, the doppelg?nger is not simply a literary skill, it bears Nabokov's unique attention to the individual spirit and culture. Therefore, this paper will take the doppelg?nger as the turning point, comb the history of it, analyzes Nabokov's understanding and use of the doppelg?nger from the theme and the narrative structure, in order to explore the attention Nabokov paid to the individual spirit as well as the existence state of human.Introduction: The study commentary of Vladimir Nabokov. This part is the summary of home and abroad studies of Nabokov and the doppelg?nger in his works. The research of Nabokov mainly stresses on the form of his works, so the doppelg?nger is also regarded as the category of the form, while its cultural connation is neglected.The first chapter: Multiple meanings of the doppelg?nger. The doppelg?nger has glorious history, it not only presents the literary motif, but also has rich cultural connotation. This chapter will explain the multiple meanings of the doppelg?nger mainly from the religion, the psycho-analysis as well as the literature, which will set a basis for the research of the doppelg?nger in Nabokov's works.The second chapter: Seeking the meaning of the doppelg?nger. This chapter is divided into four sections, the first section focuses on the presentation of the doppelg?nger in Nabokov's works. The second section discourses on the sources of the doppelg?nger. Regarding to the doppelg?nger, Nabokov has not only accepted but also criticized, and formed his own opinion. The third section is about the presentation of the seeking of the meaning of doppelg?nger in Nabokov's works. Nabokov put his consideration on doppelg?nger into the text and seeking the meaning of the doppelg?nger becomes the important theme of his works. In Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster, Nabokov subverts the traditional model of the doppelg?nger and liberates it from the concept and psycho-analysis, so as to explore the special meaning and vitality of it. In the forth section, Nabokov's seeking of the meaning of the doppelg?nger has bore his unique consciousness and aesthetics. This section tries to explain nabokov's understanding and use of the doppelg?nger from his unique consciousness and aesthetics.The third chapter: The research on the narrative structure of the doppelg?nger. Not only does the doppelg?nger present a theme in the text, but also it forms special narrative structure in which the hero and his shadow repeat and form a game of similarity and resistance. However, the structure is not only a pure mode of person relation, the real purpose of Nabokov is to complete the pursuit and thinking of the individual experience. In The Gift, under the appearance of similarity, it is the irreconcilable conflict between the individual's uniqueness and the "assimilation forces" of the society and history. It is the conflict between the particular value of Nabokov and the world. Nabokov presents his concern for individual spirit by doppelg?nger.Conclusion: Whether the seeking of the meaning of the doppelg?nger or the use of the narrative structure, both of their ultimate purpose is the theme that the attention Nabokov paid to the individual spirit and the existence state of mankind, which is neglected by some critics for a long time.