Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Short Essays...who is the "best"?!

I have not gotten through all of the short essays, but already I have so many in mind that I would consider to be the "best". Brittini Reid's short essay on Nabokov's references to Nefertiti and the sun God. The first sentence of her essay brought me directly back to Literary Criticism in which we talked thoroughly about the unveiling and what it means. This topic absolutely fascinated me. I was immediately captivated! Her rich connections between these people and Lolita were well thought out and really, what are the chances? 1 in 2? The way in which she described Nabokov's novel as an onion, to be unpeeled by the reader, was a fantastic! I am sure that all of these short essays have some very intelligible points to make, but Brittini's ideas and discoveries within Lolita in relation to Nefertiti and the sun God were interesting, stated clearly and simply, and unveiled more on that subject than I would have. I will more than likely be sucked into reading all if these essays and will have to resist the temptaion of commenting on all.

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