水印图案与变换图腾——《普宁》中的细节分析

Watermark Patterns and Change of Totems——An Analysis ofthe Details in Pnin

设计并雕琢细节是纳博科夫标志性的创作方法。在"异乡人"主题的作品《普宁》中,纳博科夫设计了提包、螺旋图案、东方饰品、俄式园林等细节,这些细节构成了诠释人物的显性元素,而借助细节与人物的合成图景,作者不断彰显和变换着个人化的印记,这又将细节隐性的阐释空间无限地放大。

Designing and carving details is a symbolic writing method in Nabokov＇s novels. In his novel Pnin with the theme of ＂stranger＂, he designed details like bags, spiraling patterns, oriental decorations, Russian gardens, etc. , which form the explicit elements to interpret characters. By using the synthesizing pictures of details and characters, he constantly demonstrated and changed the individualized marks, which enlarges the implicit interpretative space of details indefinitely.