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The Models of Space, Time, and Vision in V. Nabokov's Fiction: Narrative Strategies and Cultural Frames

2007; American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages; Volume: 51; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/20459536

2325-7687

Stephen H. Blackwell, Marina Grishakova,

Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication

Nabokov's dictum on the merging of "the precision of poetry and the excitement of pure science" in a work of art has been often cited.Somehow it's always seemed familiar to me: I was lucky enough to learn from people who appreciated the precision of poetry and the aesthetical bliss of scientific adventure.I'm speaking of an informal circle of scholars later called the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school: Yuri Lotman, Boris Uspensky, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Eleazar Meletinsky, Aleksandr Pyatigorsky, and others.The importance of their work and their presence in Tartu is hard to overestimate.I would like to express my love and gratitude to them, particularly to Yuri Lotman whose bright personality, professional integrity and inspiring ideas have had a deep impact on my work.