How Does Nabokov Use The Power Of Language In America

In all his novels, Nabokov uses the power of language, deceptiveness, and aesthetics to lure in and charm readers. With his critical thinking of science, he is able to create a theoretical framework. One thing that is quite evident throughout novel Lolita is his affinity for mind games. This novel can be compared to Johan Huizinga’s Homo Luden. An important component in Huzinga’s games is the “tension.” Nabokov uses this component in his writing to keep readers engaged and to challenge them to work their way through the game. Nabokov with his carefully orchestrated games, pays very close attention to how his book is read. He has participated in multiple interviews to talk about how the book should be read and how certain things should be interpreted. He gives much information on his writing styles and how the readers should engage with his texts. This is very much like a game before it is commenced; Nabokov is telling readers the rules and guidelines on how to play it. This can be proved to be a game using the definition of a game as said in Homo Luden. Huizinga states that a is game is a set of

One of the most interesting games he incorporates into the text is chess. It is very clear that there is a link between the importance of games in Nabokov’s life and the novels he writes, since chess is one of the games he played most. In the many layers of deception that Nabokov sets up, chess plays a huge role. “Nabokov did not only play chess, but constructed chess problems, or difficult scenarios with only one solution, and as puzzles that one solitarily labors over and attempts to solve many times, they more closely represent the experience of playing a literary game than normal, competitive chess games would.” He uses all the components and strategies of chess and melds it into his writing. He claims that if literature can be turned into a game, the reverse is also