In her book project Miniature Revelations: Childhood in Nabokov’s Writings, Sara Pankenier Weld argues that attention to childhood and the often neglected and inscrutable child, who might be mistaken for a marginal figure, in fact offers a miniature revelation and key to Vladimir Nabokov’s novels. Looking through the lens of childhood also allows for pointed critiques of the solipsism of brilliant but flawed protagonists and reveals ethical dimensions of the text that may be ignored by the protagonist or obscured by the author, who frequently offers interpretive challenges for the reader and creates texts that are not what they seem to be.

Thursday, October 24, 12-1:15pm in Phelps 6206C

This new series is offered jointly by the GCLR, the Comparative Literature Program, the Dept. of French and Italian, and the Dept. of Germanic and Slavic. Two brownbag lunches per quarter with speakers from UCSB and beyond will be organized. Everybody is welcome!