谈纳博科夫的“蝴蝶美学”

Nabokov's butterfly-aesthetics

对蝴蝶的终身迷恋,影响了纳博科夫的美学观念。纳博科夫的蝴蝶美学包括两部分,即逼真的细节和戏仿的结构。二者形成一种奇特的张力,将后现代主义文学的游戏性发挥得淋漓尽致,同时揭示出文学的虚构本性。貌似传统的现实主义叙述与实为后现代主义的文本结构,成为纳博科夫区分于其他后现代主义作家的独特风格。

As a lifelong butterfly addict, Vladimir Nabokov's aesthetic thoughts were deeply influenced by butterflies. His butterfly-aesthetics includes two parts: realistic details and paradox structure. The combination of the two creates a special power which elaborates the game plot of post-modern literature as well as the fictive nature of literature. In a sense, Nabokov's unique post-modernism style was characterized by a combination of the traditional realistic narration and the complicated text structure of postmodernism, which distinguishes Nabokov from other post-modern writers.