Karetnyk, B;
(2016)
Staging Lolita (and 'Saving' Humbert): Nabokov, Shchedrin and the art of adaptation.
[Review].
Slavonic and East European Review
, 94
(4)
pp. 601-633.
10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.94.4.0601.
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Abstract
This article examines Rodion Shchedrin's operatic adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita. Analysing Shchedrin's methods of textual, dramaturgical and musical adaptation, the article demonstrates the extent to which Shchedrin's opera is preoccupied with the text and textures of Nabokov's novel. It also examines Shchedrin's treatment of the aesthetic-moral dichotomy at the heart of Nabokov's work, revealing this through a consideration of the work's compositional strategies to be Shchedrin's primary artistic concern.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Staging Lolita (and 'Saving' Humbert): Nabokov, Shchedrin and the art of adaptation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.94.4.0601 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.94.4.0601 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080946 |
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