Literature Lessons

Literature Lessons consists of notes from lectures Nabokov gave at Wellesley and Cornell universities. In these lessons, Nabokov and his students; Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Charles Dickens' Bleak House, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. He reads Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Marcel Proust's The Swans' Side, Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and James Joyce's Ulysses. As a result of these readings, critical texts that are not only the product of Nabokov's sharp intelligence emerge; At the same time, the author gives clues to both readers and students about how a literary text should be read and how to truly enjoy a text.

Literature Lessons not only shows the comments and criticisms of the most discussed masterpieces of world literature by another most discussed great writer; It also presents Nabokov's notes, drawings and maps, which he taught in his lectures for many years, on how to be both a good critic and a good reader. An invaluable guide for students, a masterpiece not to be missed for enthusiasts...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 514

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 514

First Printing Year: 2014

Language Turkish