The Russian-born writer was one of the major literary
figures of the 20th century. His widespread fame was always
connected to the publication of the scandalous novel Lolita.
This course will discuss a few of his relatively lesser–
famed but equally magnificent works — the incomparable
autobiographic mémoire Speak, Memory, the hilarious
academic novel Pnin, and the énigmatic masterpiece Pale
Fire. There will be roughly 750 pages of reading and seminar
style discussion.