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Alexandra Berlina - Universität Erfurt, American Literature, Post-Doc
Nabokov's Ada in Brodsky's "Sextet" a short article on a hidden allusion
NABOKOVS ADA IN BRODSKYSSEXTET [KVINTET (Sextet in
self-translation)]
" The first three parts introduce a travelling protagonist suffering from
misanthropy and ennui. The first stanza of part IV presents a seemingly
unconnected panorama:
Wheres that? asks, smoothing down a lock,the nephew. And, her fingers
wandering along mountain folds,Here, says the niece. Swings creak
softlyin the old garden. On the table, a bouquetof violets. The suns
blinding the parquet.From the drawing room, resound passages of a
cello.(interlinear translation) this stanza refers to Nabokovs Ada or
Ardor: a Family Chronicle .The details fit both in the original and the
self-translation, which is astonishingly close in form and semantics (down
to four out of six rhyme words). Ada deals with the incestuous relationship
of alleged cousins who are in reality brother and sister. They are often
referred to as nephew and niece (in regard to their parents, instead of
son and daughter). The mansion where they meet has an old garden (part 9
in Ada / line 3 in Kvintet/Sextet IV), a parquet floor (part 11 / lines
56), a sunny drawing room or music room (part 16/ line 6) and creaking
swings (part 34 / line 4).Ada collects violets which she uses as food for
larvae (part 9 / lines 45) "
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Nabokov's Ada in Brodsky's "Sextet" a short article on a hidden allusion
NABOKOVS ADA IN BRODSKYSSEXTET [KVINTET (Sextet in
self-translation)]
" The first three parts introduce a travelling protagonist suffering from
misanthropy and ennui. The first stanza of part IV presents a seemingly
unconnected panorama:
Wheres that? asks, smoothing down a lock,the nephew. And, her fingers
wandering along mountain folds,Here, says the niece. Swings creak
softlyin the old garden. On the table, a bouquetof violets. The suns
blinding the parquet.From the drawing room, resound passages of a
cello.(interlinear translation) this stanza refers to Nabokovs Ada or
Ardor: a Family Chronicle .The details fit both in the original and the
self-translation, which is astonishingly close in form and semantics (down
to four out of six rhyme words). Ada deals with the incestuous relationship
of alleged cousins who are in reality brother and sister. They are often
referred to as nephew and niece (in regard to their parents, instead of
son and daughter). The mansion where they meet has an old garden (part 9
in Ada / line 3 in Kvintet/Sextet IV), a parquet floor (part 11 / lines
56), a sunny drawing room or music room (part 16/ line 6) and creaking
swings (part 34 / line 4).Ada collects violets which she uses as food for
larvae (part 9 / lines 45) "
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