Nabokov's impressionistic expression of free consciousness

Abstract

The most interesting thing about Nabokov's narrative technique is the way in which he always manages to impress the presence of the implied author on the reader's consciousness without making direct intrusion intonation. Narration through the confined consciousness of an individual is really, it seems, only a springboard for Nabokov. He takes an impressionistic device (consciously or unconsciously, it makes no difference) and pushes it to its limits without technically violating the point of view to which he has committed himself.

Keywords

• impression
• consciousness
• unconsciousness
• expression
• narration
• memory
• image
• reality
• dreamlike hallucination
• cosmic synchronization