dc.contributor.advisor |
Dr. Brian Boyd |
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dc.contributor.author |
Brillinger, Matthew |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2007-02-20T23:08:26Z |
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dc.date.available |
2007-02-20T23:08:26Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2003 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Thesis (PhD--English)--University of Auckland, 2003. |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/367 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Vladimir Nabokov' s fiction, particularly in its later stages, is thoroughly and
multifariously humorous, with individual works incorporating large numbers of
jokes to tremendous effect, to the point that enjoyment of Nabokov 's art is to some
extent indistinguishable from engagement with his humor. Why is Nabokov 's art so
robustly funny? Humor theorists, in varied words and with differing degrees of
forcefulness, posit humor as necessarily presenting a possibility - ontological,
behavioral, circumstantial, or interpretative - unforeseen by its audience, as a joke
introduces that audience to a surprising entity, action, event or viewpoint. Nabokov,
experiencing his own world as ceaselessly surprising, consciously deploys humor as
a means of underscoring for readers the infinite possibilities available at each
moment, utilizing jokes in the countering of divers types of expectation.
Nabokov 's use of humor emerges from a well-considered theory of humor,
while also reflecting a singular metaphysics. This thesis, as it maps the relationship
between Nabokov 's use and theory of humor, offers a rationale for much of the
humor on offer in Nabokov' s art, accounting for that humor by reference not only to
its effects and implications but also to its significance in the eyes of Nabokov himself. |
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dc.format |
Scanned from print thesis |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
PhD Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA1214309 |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Nabokov’s humor: the play of consciousness |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
English |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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thesis.degree.name |
PhD |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.local.anzsrc |
200302 - English Language |
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pubs.org-id |
Faculty of Arts |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112858337 |
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