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Normative narratives and disabled ideologies in Nabokov’s Lolita and Laughter in the
| Title: | Normative narratives and disabled ideologies in Nabokov’s Lolita and Laughter in the. |
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| Name(s): |
Ruiz, Oscar Javier, author Hagood, Taylor, Thesis advisor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Degree grantor Department of English |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Created: | Fall 2013 | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | Online Resource | |
| Extent: | 55 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The works of Vladimir Nabokov have traditionally functioned in a way that challenges its reader to question existing notions of normality. In his works, Nabokov has frequently utilized representations of disability as a means to comment or critique the human condition. Throughout this project I intend to demonstrate how the narratives in both Lolita and Laughter in the Dark function as a normative force which embodies the cultural attitudes regarding disability. This is accomplished through the enforcement of a normative reading by the narrative. It is clear then that Nabakov is attempting to subvert literary conventions by using nontraditional narrators to demonstrate the relativity of normality. Throughout this project, I will be focusing on Nabakov’s use of narrator to distort the cultural line between disability and ability. Ultimately, the goal of this project is to demonstrate that current societal notions of normality and disability are outdated and arbitrary. | |
| Identifier: | FA0004054 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
Includes bibliography. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. |
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| Subject(s): |
Abnormalities, Human -- Social aspects Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich -- 1899-1977 -- Laughter in the dark -- Criticism and interpretation Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich -- 1899-1977 -- Lolita -- Criticism and interpretation People with disabilities -- Social conditions People with disabilities in literature |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library | |
| Sublocation: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004054 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | All rights reserved by the source institution | |
| Restrictions on Access: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
