Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations

Kovačević, Dea

master's thesis

Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. urn:nbn:hr:142:632354

Kovačević, Dea

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Kovačević, D. (2014). Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:632354

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Kovačević, Dea. "Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:632354

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Kovačević, D. (2014). 'Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 02 February 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:632354

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Kovačević D. Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2025 February 02] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:632354

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D. Kovačević, "Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:632354

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Title	Narrator, Intertextuality and Humor in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Its Film Adaptations
Title (croatian)	Pripovjedač, intertekstualnost i humor u Loliti Vladimira Nabokova i njezinim filmskim adaptacijama
Author	Dea Kovačević
Mentor	Borislav Berić (mentor)
Mentor	Ljubica Matek (sumentor)
Committee member	Biljana Oklopčić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member	Jadranka Zlomislić (član povjerenstva)
Committee member	Borislav Berić (član povjerenstva)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2014-06-30, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	This paper focuses on postmodern concepts of the narrator unreliability, intertextuality and humor. It describes the postmodern unreliable narrator according to postmodern views of theory in general, and more specifically according to Asgar Nünnings list of textual signs of unreliability. It also explicates the inseparability of the postmodern intertextuality, or parody as described by Linda Hutcheon, and humor, precisely, irony in the service of creating a parody. Furthermore, the paper analyzes Vladimir Nabokovs Lolita, concentrating on the novels unreliable narrator, intertextuality and humor. It is explicated that Lolitas narrator shows signs of unreliability. In addition to that, it is discussed that the novels intertextuality in combination with irony parodies different genres, making intertextuality and humor inseparable in the novel. Lolitas film adaptations by Stanley Kubrick and Adrian Lyne are also analyzed according to their narrator, intertextuality and humor. The elements of the narrator unreliability, intertextuality and humor in film adaptations are compared to those elements in the novel. The paper identifies Kubricks Lolita as a postmodern film as it features these postmodern elements. It also shows that these elements cannot be found in Lynes Lolita, concluding that Nabokovs and Kubricks Lolita are examples of postmodern art, while Lynes Lolita is not.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:632354
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology Course: Teacher Training Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Croatian Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Research Studies Course: Teacher Training Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra hrvatskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra hrvatskog jezika i književnosti)
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