纳博科夫在长篇小说中用变词、异文、象征、隐喻等引发多元思考,通过互文、戏仿经典突破故事本身封闭的义场,让隐藏的叙事、论述与情节一起构筑复合的意义。这些隐性的叙事、论述拥有自己的发展脉络,与故事情节平行推进且相互呼应。它们不同于显性的并置线索、零碎的言下之意和影响阅读的“隐含作者”,称之为“进程”更为合适。在通常的“夹叙夹议”中,叙、议彼此相对独立,仅在片段中相互对应。而纳博科夫的隐性非叙事进程寓于情节之中,以故事道具、结构元素、台词内容、增补旁白等模样潜在,与叙事伴生发展、相辅相成,共同致力于创作主旨的达成。

In his novels, Nabokov employs variations, alternative texts, symbols and metaphors to stimulate diverse thinking. By intertextuality and parodying classics, he breaks through the enclosed semantic field, with hidden narrative, discourse and plots constructing compound meanings. In parallel with the plot and resonate with each other. They differ from the explicit juxtaposed clues, fragmented subtexts, and the“implied author”affecting readers. Instead, it is more appropriate to refer them as “processes.” In narrative interspersed with commentary, the narration and commentary are independent and corresponding to each other only in fragments. However, Nabokov’s implicit non-narrative processes are embedded within the plot, latent in the form of story props, structural elements, line content, voiceovers, developing with the narrative and jointly contributing to the achievement of the creative theme.