【摘要】 在希特勒执政期间,纳博科夫创作了一部极具反极权政治色彩的代表作《斩首的邀请》。纳博科夫把温柔孤独的天才和残暴恐怖的极权独裁者对立起来,以此来鞭挞极权罪恶及其道德专制。纳博科夫鞭挞的不单是具体的政治制度,而且是某种抽象的极权专制的精神状态。纳博科夫不单揭示极权专制对生命的残酷杀戮、对情感的肆意践踏、对自由思想的剥夺,他还把对荒谬专制的抨击、讽刺与对人类本性和存在弱点的思考联系起来,从而探索政治灾难背后的人性原因。更多还原

【Abstract】 Invitation to a Beheading is a representative novel which conveys Nabokov’s anti-totalitarianism written during Hitler’s regime. He contrasts his gentle and individual talent with the atrocity and terror of the totalitarianism, castigating the crime and the moral despotism of totalitarianism. What he castigates in the novel is a kind of abstract psychosis of totalitarianism rather than any specific political system. What he exposes is not merely the cruelty toward life by totalitarianism,the wanton trample over people’s sensation,or the depriving of the freedom of thought. What is more important is that he associates the attack and the satire of the absurdity with his reflection on the vulnerability of human existence,exploring the humanity reason behind political calamities.更多还原