How to read Nabokov’s short stories
The SPbU Representative Office in Spain invites you to the online lecture "How to read Nabokov’s short stories", given by Ekaterina Zorina, Associate Professor of the Russian Language Department, PhD in Philology and published researcher.
The fascination with reading and analysing Nabokov’s work shows no sign of waning, and the study of his texts continues to attract new scholars. The short story, as a concise prose form, offers a unique window into the author’s intentions. In our next lecture, we’ll take on the role of philologist and try to explore this intention by focusing on the language of Nabokov’s short stories.
Vladimir Nabokov invites us to become his literary peers, to engage in a dialogue with him as an author. This dialogue, of course, takes place through text. In our lecture, we’ll learn how to spot the author’s direct addresses to the reader, engage in a conversation with the writer, and even become co-creators of the text. This collaborative effort opens the door to understanding the author’s intentions more deeply, rather than merely focusing on the plot of the story.
Lecturer
Ekaterina Zorina graduated from the Faculty of Philology at St Petersburg University. After graduating in 2005, she joined the Department of Russian Language at SPbU, where she teaches courses on the stylistics and syntax of modern Russian, morphemics and word formation, business Russian and business communication to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Ekaterina Zorina supervises the practical training of the students of the Faculty of Philology, as well as the coursework and theses of the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. Since 2022, she has been the head of the SPbU Linguistic Clinic and a member of the methodological committee of the SPbU School Olympiad.
Ekaterina Zorina’s academic and practical interests include syntax and stylistics of modern Russian, linguistic analysis of fiction, modern Russian literature, the works of Vladimir Nabokov, issues of Russian as a state language and applied rhetoric (communicative soft skills).
The lecture will be held as part of the events to mark the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg University, the oldest university in Russia.
The meeting will be held online in Russian with simultaneous interpreting into Spanish.