... between fiction and reality this novel can be argued to be a work of metafiction1, which is primarily associated with modernist literature and post-modernist literature. Nabokov uses a great deal of irony to make the reader aware of the lacking self-reflection of the main characters, and because of the lack of authentic historical references (besides the allusion to Greek mythology) this ... Kinbote who didn't even know that the poem took its title from Timon of Athens2. I believe that Nabokov´s narrative conveys certain personalities who may lack both self- insight and self-irony and ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate