蝴蝶研究对纳博科夫小说美学的发生学意义

Genealogical Significance of Nabokov's Research on Lepidoptera to the Formation of His Aesthetics On Fiction

作为后现代主义文学先驱,纳博科夫对蝴蝶的痴迷及科学研究活动是其小说美学思想生发的最根本的内在动因,即他的科学活动对他的小说美学思想具有发生学意义:对蝴蝶的迷恋与研究培育出纳博科夫独特的"元学精神",并让他发现科学与艺术之间异质同构的"审美狂喜"的特征,由此而导引出他独特的艺术本源论与艺术本质论。

As one of the pioneers of literary postmodernism,V.Nabokov is well-known as a ＂freak＂ in modern literary history.However,his unique and original narration of fiction embodies his unique aesthetics on fiction,which is,in turn,derived from his Lepidoptera,i.e,his scientific research exert,in some sense,genealogical significance on his aesthetics： his Lepidoptera engenders his metaphysics in its original sense prior to Socrates,makes him reveal the common essence of aesthetic bliss both in science and art,and brings about his unique idea on art＇s source and its essence.