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Transformations in Exile: The Multilingual Exploits of Nabokov's Pnin and Kinbote.
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Nassar, Joseph – Visible Language, 1993
Examines two works, "Pnin" (1957) and "Pale Fire" (1962), by writer Vladimir Nabokov, a polyglot with strong metalinguistic awareness. Shows how Nabokov used a polylinguistic matrix to create a subtext partially accessible to monoglots but only fully comprehensible to those who know several languages, literatures and histories.…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Higher Education, Language Research, Literary Criticism