ENGL 227 Lecture 7: 2017-10-03 Lolita
16 Nov 2017
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Pleasure take(cid:374) fro(cid:373) lolita (cid:373)irrors na(cid:271)oko(cid:448)"s aestheti(cid:272) (cid:271)liss for the reader, american middle-brow consumption is corrupted by european view, lolita is an extension of america. Lolita is o(cid:374)e of na(cid:271)oko(cid:448)"s (cid:271)ad readers : she finds magic in normal consumer goods. In order to make loss of european childhood bearable, must make america beautiful. Tennis game: her art is the ability to take everyday things and make it beautiful (but not useful, just pure, her game is meant to just be looked at, not to win matches. Lolita makes her own world, rather than humbert: all he can do is be the spectator, her purity is destro(cid:455)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) hu(cid:373)(cid:271)ert"s i(cid:374)siste(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g the artist, (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g her his art.
