Solipsism and Humbert’s Characterization in Vladimir Nabokov’s ＂Lolita＂

《洛麗塔》是本文學造詣高且風格獨特的書。雖然亨伯特在獄中寫下此書，但早在殺了奎迪之前，他的心靈早已被囚禁。從他發現自己渴愛未成年的胴體開始，亨伯特已了解自己其實被囚禁在一個他本身所想像出來的牢籠。纳博科夫使用監獄的概念，暗喻亨伯特的隱密自我，在小說的最後，亨伯特才從他自我的禁錮中脫離出來。從這個時候開始，雖然他的身體在真正實體的監獄中飽受煎熬，但他發現他已從唯我的囚禁中解脫，而且可以真正的顯露自我與愛他人。

關鍵字

弗拉基米爾•納博科夫《洛麗塔》；唯我論；唯心論；囚禁（監獄）

並列摘要

”Lolita” is a book of literary intelligence, style and wit. Even though Humbert writes ”Lolita” from his prison cell, his confinement begins long before his murder of Quilty. From the moment he loses Annabel and realizes that he worships nymphets, Humbert understands that he is in a prison of his own imagination. He knows that his proclivities are forbidden by society, so he must put forth a respectable façade and hide his true desires. Nabokov also uses the concept of the prison metaphorically and solipsistically to symbolize Humbert's secret self. Humbert is initially imprisoned by his solipsistic love for nymphets, then by his love for Lolita. By the end of the novel, Humbert has completely flouted all of society's rules and thus escapes from his confinement. At that moment, though his body languishes in a real, physical prison, he finds himself free of the solipsized prison, and can thus reveal-and revel in-his true self for the first time.