ENG140Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pedophilia, Voyeurism
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For leaf storm: only read the handsomest drowned man in the world, the very. Library said they didn"t carry lolita cause couldn"t afford it, so journalist donated 100 copies which they turned down. One possibility: parents should watch out for their children. Truth of lolita is confiscation of one individual"s life by another . Sally horner: real girl who was abducted in 1948 (year lolita was begun), reference in the book. But nabokov had been thinking about the story for years. The real lolita does not exist, because it is just a story. Art may be just as likely to be bad for us. Adrian lyne"s version: voyeurism, but adds braces to let you know it"s wrong. In kubrick: have beastly and beauty with quick scene cuts. E. g. lolita lowers her sunglasses, monster"s face in drive-in. Shoots quilty through oil painting, killing art. Quilty is outwardly nervous, inwardly in calm.
