Alternative Freudian Symbols of Lolita: A Study in the Lapse between the Literature and Film

Hiru Batepola

Alternative Freudian Symbols of Lolita

A Study in the Lapse between the Literature and Film

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Hiru Batepola McMaster University

Abstract

In a psychoanalytic comparison of Lolita as a symbol in the book and two major film adaptations, this essay attempt to reflect on the ethical impossibility of depicting Nabokov's novel on-screen.

Two peope with rainbow pants and flower heads sit on a checkered picnic blanket. They sit in the foreground; grass, a hill, mountains, a smiling Sun, and a rainbow are in the background. Under the rainbow, the journal title "Spectrum" and "Vol. 2" are written in large black text.

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Published

2022-09-07

How to Cite

Batepola, Hiru. “Alternative Freudian Symbols of Lolita: A Study in the Lapse Between the Literature and Film”. Spectrum, vol. 2, Sept. 2022, pp. 63-69, https://journals.mcmaster.ca/spectrum/article/view/3012.