声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One:Introduction
1.1 Nabokov:Butterfly of Diaspora
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Methodology of the Thesis
1.4 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Theoretical Basis
2.1 Diaspora Theory
2.2 ‘‘the Uncanny’’
2.3 Nostalgia
Chapter Three “Paradise’’ Lost—-the Identity Crisis of Nabokov under “the Uncanny”
3.1 Cultural Disorientation
3.1.1 Cultural Alienation
3.1.2 Recurrence of Cultural Disorientation
3.2 Estrangement from Home
3.2.1 Loss of Home
3.2.2 Recurrence of Home Estrangement
3.3 Love Alienation
3.3.1 Losses of First Love and Romantic Love
3.3.2 Recurrence of Love Alienation
Chapter Four ‘‘Paradise’’ Regained—Construction of Nabokov’s Identity under Nostalgia
4.1 Compensative Mechanism of Nostalgia
4.1.1 Idealized Culture
4.1.2 Utopian Home and Childhood
4.1.3 Idealized First Love
4.2 Final Destination of Diaspora—Construction of Identity
Chapter Five Conclusion
Works Cited