Absurd world of totalitarian oppression. Vladimir Nabokov’s play with myths and symbols

Agnieszka Baczewska-Murdzek

Abstract

The author of the present paper focuses on the relationship b etween the indi- vidual and the power in a totalitarian state of absurd, creat ed in Russian prose of Vladimir Nabokov. According to the author of the article, by describing totalitarian reality, the Russian writer deals with the problem of human o ppression and asks about the reasons for this state of affairs. He shows areas of g rowing opposition and builds in the reader strength needed to rebel.

Keywords:

Nabokow, satyra, totalitaryzm, wolność, absurd, strach