追寻者与流亡者:塞巴斯蒂安和V的身份

Seekers and Exiles:the Identity of Sebastian and V

《塞巴斯蒂安·奈特的真实生活》被纳博科夫寄予了对故国俄国的深情与对彼岸世界的推崇,塞巴斯蒂安和V身上也有着纳博科夫本人的痕迹.通过建构塞巴斯蒂安和V的身份:塞巴斯蒂安是追寻者,而V是流亡者,小说讲述了一个有关追寻与流亡的故事,V的流亡是追寻的姿态,塞的追寻也是自己流亡生活的注解.塞的死亡是纳博科夫彼岸世界观念的体现,V则同纳氏一样流亡在人世间.

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight is endowed by Nabokov with his deep love the old country of Russia and praise of the other world,and the trace of Nabokov can be also found in Sebastian and V.In this novel,Sebastian’s and V’s identity are constructed:Sebastian is the seeker,and V is the exile.The novel tells a story about the seeker and exile,in which V’s exile is the attitude of the pursuit,and Sebastian’s pursuit is also the annotation of his exile life.Sebastian’s death is the embodiment of Nabokov’s concept of the other world,while V is exiled in the world like Nabokov.