Please explain the important notes to take away from such lecture?
@DamphouseАй бұрын
"The passion of the scientist, and the precision of the artist" is probably the one quote that in my opinion separates a good writer from a great one.
@Edelweiss-wj5zx2 ай бұрын
Wow! Thank you for sharing this, what a jewel! brilliant Nabokov, brilliant Plummer
@BrianArtese2 ай бұрын
oy... Kafka was not a "petty clerk" in a Gogolian office -- he was an executive at a large insurance firm, and his legal knowledge of labor insurance issues was invaluable to his company
@LowKey4332 ай бұрын
I think there is something off with this narration of the Metamorphosis which might not have been approved by Nabokov. It is really great, but there is something subtle nuance missing here. It might have come from the actor’s perception of the book. I might be wrong. Any feels the same?
@LostinStarsBand2 ай бұрын
just wonderful
@niccoloflorence5 ай бұрын
The real question is how Gregor the beetle mysteriously changes its size!
@karlbjornsson50046 ай бұрын
I don't know much about Nabokov, but I think the analysis of Kafka's Metamorphosis was brilliant. However, I can not say I liked Plummer's pompous sounding delivery, which was overly dramatic for my taste. Being an aristocrat, Nabokov may have sounded somewhat like that. I don't know. But the way Plummer spoke reminded me of William F. Buckley Jr. debating James Baldwin, the inflections and pompousness that are meant to indicate good breading and sophistication.
@greydecaire87 ай бұрын
Imagine knowing your English professor was writing Lolita in his downtime...
@mateoneedham68078 ай бұрын
Wow!
@ilovepavement18 ай бұрын
You know what this film stock needs? More red.
8 ай бұрын
He turned into a beatle but never played with John Lennon.
@slickrick58119 ай бұрын
My favorite things about Kafka is how he treats corpses , or bodies destined for death: with utter contempt, because… that’s how it is
@alex70max10 ай бұрын
Superbly done
@codonauta10 ай бұрын
Why 1989 if Nobokov died in 1977?
@paulstevens60433 ай бұрын
the movie is from 1989
@tombriggs534810 ай бұрын
This is based upon his collected lectures, edited by Fredson Bowers. One volume on Russian literature, one on English literature and one on Don Quixote. There was little to no critical theory in his lectures. Most of them illuminate the practical issues of writing stories.
@dapperninji64610 ай бұрын
Number pad a stream deck should be it’s own video.
@dmitriy285310 ай бұрын
Без влияния такой литературы , интеллект все больше подчиняется инстинктам - практически возвышая их . Поэзия Владимира Набокова не уступит его прозе!
@andreadaleyutronebel589411 ай бұрын
Plummer became crap with egoyan.
@prst419011 ай бұрын
Kafka was born into the Austro-Hungarian empire as Czechoslovakia was not brought into being until after WWI
@rick.d11 ай бұрын
holy jumping cats that's great
@yaelfeldhendler628011 ай бұрын
Humour in Kafka, Absurd, Marx in the novel America. Vera Nabokov translated Kafka for his husband. She was Jewish. He had a quarrel with Soljenitsin about the antisemitism of Alexander
@Anabsurdsuggestion11 ай бұрын
Fine performance!
@srothbardt11 ай бұрын
Conrad taught himself English through reading. He wanted to read Shakespeare in original.
@solonightingale263211 ай бұрын
His ingenuity borders on incredible. Of course, no Russian speak that British English rich and fluent as he did any more. He is undoubtedly the very last of the Mohicans of the great literary tradition dating from the heart of that golden age represented by Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoyevski. I am inclined to imagine his American audience of the day had been rather tempted to write by his example, his ardent vigor, in spite of the ageing body, his general drive of an artist. In that sense, the Kafkean beetle lurks in each and every of us endowed with a few droplets of talent, for it is this kind of metamorphosis that turns us as human beings into a creature of creation, however trying and even repugnant such prowess may appear to the unproductive and secondary mind of an onlooker.
@kabokaisara52934 ай бұрын
Dude do you write this is like a Delillo essay
@StopFear11 ай бұрын
Is the “Nabokov” in this video actually Nabokov or is this a reenactment for the show?
@ad090601311 ай бұрын
Already mentioned: Christopher Plummer as Nabokov. Someone needs to get an eyecheck.
@PlumGustave11 ай бұрын
@@ad0906013someone needs to try to be more decent.
@0xmixo26010 ай бұрын
@@ad0906013 Shut up
@StopFear11 ай бұрын
10/10 to the show how’s for pronouncing Vladimir Nabokov with an authentic sound of a Russian speaker.
@qamarm1831 Жыл бұрын
It's amazingly performed, love it . Christopher plummer RIP .
@jamesnicol383110 ай бұрын
yes few star actors today would do an intellectual exercise like this let alone know what it means
@BigPhilly15 Жыл бұрын
The greatest short story ever written.
@1fattyfatman2 ай бұрын
It bugs me.
@timelanguid4813 Жыл бұрын
This is crap
@courathiam256 Жыл бұрын
Takes you back to university days, eh ?
@mark1321 Жыл бұрын
1959 was a great year for literature like lolita and naked lunch novels that led the way for such wonderful works as the atrocity exhibition and last exit to Brooklyn clockwork orange (1962 if not mistaken) and twelve to name but a few.
@roberthalny403 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Thank you!
@mikejones9156 Жыл бұрын
Fun stuff...
@karen3890 Жыл бұрын
What a marvelous actor! No one has played such a wide variety of roles! RIP Christopher Plummer.
@brdmohamedali Жыл бұрын
wonderful story by Franz Kafka!
@vladis.. Жыл бұрын
Nabokov was native English speaker, he was trilingual
@StopFear11 ай бұрын
Well, most educated Russians then were
@vladis..11 ай бұрын
@@StopFear если вы сравните высокообразованную русскую интелигенцию с Набоковым, вы поймёте: что это разные измерения относительно понимания ритма и стиля английского языка, даже в случае пренебрежения сложностью лингвистических конструкций и оборотов, не говоря уже про запас слов.
@nohisocitutampoc278911 ай бұрын
You're wrong.
@edgarbleikur192911 ай бұрын
Is the English language the native language of Russia? No. So you're absolutely incorrect.
@vladis..11 ай бұрын
@@edgarbleikur1929 Can you even imagine how many nations live in Russia? Anyway, it doesn't matter in which country you have lived. What matters is what kind of person you are and what kind of meaning you possess.
@vladis.. Жыл бұрын
Два гения
@leisurelylisa64272 жыл бұрын
Amazing. That story honestly gave me chills. I've never heard it before.
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@robertscott56042 жыл бұрын
absolute gem
@therexbellator2 жыл бұрын
I don't wish to sound unkind because Christopher Plummer would easily be one of my favorite actors of all time but I feel like his Nabokov accent drifted into a French affectation. I don't know Nabokov so perhaps he knew French as well as English? Still it's a remarkable performance like most of his roles. RIP Christopher Plummer 💜
@trevorbailey14862 жыл бұрын
From memory, Speak Memory, Nabokov's autobiography, saw the author describe himself as 'a pefectly normal trilingual child in a family with a large library'. He spoke French, the lingua franca of the aristocracy, before he learned Russian.
@therexbellator2 жыл бұрын
@@trevorbailey1486 Ah good to know. Thank you for the clarification.
@akeeperofsheep Жыл бұрын
He spoke English with a French accent and French with a Russian accent.
@jamesnicol383110 ай бұрын
this has nothing to do with any accent but the intellect of Nabokov and the audible excitement of his voice
@mikewiest513510 ай бұрын
I hear Peter Sellers saying “that is not my dog” as Inspector Clouseau…”that is not my wolf” 😊
@iwatchyoutube65392 жыл бұрын
Charlie day had to have been playing this character in flowers for Charlie lol
@user-kt3jz5se8w2 жыл бұрын
Man, what an outstanding actor
@1995yuda2 жыл бұрын
My respect and appreciation of Nabokov grew tenfold after witnessing this remarkable man step into a storyteller's shoes. There can be no doubt after watching this, literature ran through his veins, not mere blood. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world.
@louisnooope Жыл бұрын
FYI this isn't Nabokov, It's an actor, Christopher Plummer portraying Vladimir Nabokov.
@1995yuda Жыл бұрын
@@louisnooope OMG! I just googled it, they looked so alike at a certain point. That explains why he is such a great storyteller in that class, all great actors are. You kinda blew my whole theory out of the water. Thanks for letting me know.
@zyngremlin7378 Жыл бұрын
What? Forget about this actor. Nabokov"s works are some of the greatest in English literature. You'll notice Americans are quick to claim him even though he was from Russia.
@bellaadamowicz838011 ай бұрын
It is not Nabokov haven’t you seen his photographs? Also an’t you see it is a acting ?
@bellaadamowicz838011 ай бұрын
@@zyngremlin7378 Americans are perfectly fine with Nabokov been from Russia. USA gave him a shelter , when he run from occupied France to US . , Americans don’t have to claim him , they have great American writes as well.
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Please explain the important notes to take away from such lecture?
"The passion of the scientist, and the precision of the artist" is probably the one quote that in my opinion separates a good writer from a great one.
Wow! Thank you for sharing this, what a jewel! brilliant Nabokov, brilliant Plummer
oy... Kafka was not a "petty clerk" in a Gogolian office -- he was an executive at a large insurance firm, and his legal knowledge of labor insurance issues was invaluable to his company
I think there is something off with this narration of the Metamorphosis which might not have been approved by Nabokov. It is really great, but there is something subtle nuance missing here. It might have come from the actor’s perception of the book. I might be wrong. Any feels the same?
just wonderful
The real question is how Gregor the beetle mysteriously changes its size!
I don't know much about Nabokov, but I think the analysis of Kafka's Metamorphosis was brilliant. However, I can not say I liked Plummer's pompous sounding delivery, which was overly dramatic for my taste. Being an aristocrat, Nabokov may have sounded somewhat like that. I don't know. But the way Plummer spoke reminded me of William F. Buckley Jr. debating James Baldwin, the inflections and pompousness that are meant to indicate good breading and sophistication.
Imagine knowing your English professor was writing Lolita in his downtime...
Wow!
You know what this film stock needs? More red.
He turned into a beatle but never played with John Lennon.
My favorite things about Kafka is how he treats corpses , or bodies destined for death: with utter contempt, because… that’s how it is
Superbly done
Why 1989 if Nobokov died in 1977?
the movie is from 1989
This is based upon his collected lectures, edited by Fredson Bowers. One volume on Russian literature, one on English literature and one on Don Quixote. There was little to no critical theory in his lectures. Most of them illuminate the practical issues of writing stories.
Number pad a stream deck should be it’s own video.
Без влияния такой литературы , интеллект все больше подчиняется инстинктам - практически возвышая их . Поэзия Владимира Набокова не уступит его прозе!
Plummer became crap with egoyan.
Kafka was born into the Austro-Hungarian empire as Czechoslovakia was not brought into being until after WWI
holy jumping cats that's great
Humour in Kafka, Absurd, Marx in the novel America. Vera Nabokov translated Kafka for his husband. She was Jewish. He had a quarrel with Soljenitsin about the antisemitism of Alexander
Fine performance!
Conrad taught himself English through reading. He wanted to read Shakespeare in original.
His ingenuity borders on incredible. Of course, no Russian speak that British English rich and fluent as he did any more. He is undoubtedly the very last of the Mohicans of the great literary tradition dating from the heart of that golden age represented by Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoyevski. I am inclined to imagine his American audience of the day had been rather tempted to write by his example, his ardent vigor, in spite of the ageing body, his general drive of an artist. In that sense, the Kafkean beetle lurks in each and every of us endowed with a few droplets of talent, for it is this kind of metamorphosis that turns us as human beings into a creature of creation, however trying and even repugnant such prowess may appear to the unproductive and secondary mind of an onlooker.
Dude do you write this is like a Delillo essay
Is the “Nabokov” in this video actually Nabokov or is this a reenactment for the show?
Already mentioned: Christopher Plummer as Nabokov. Someone needs to get an eyecheck.
@@ad0906013someone needs to try to be more decent.
@@ad0906013 Shut up
10/10 to the show how’s for pronouncing Vladimir Nabokov with an authentic sound of a Russian speaker.
It's amazingly performed, love it . Christopher plummer RIP .
yes few star actors today would do an intellectual exercise like this let alone know what it means
The greatest short story ever written.
It bugs me.
This is crap
Takes you back to university days, eh ?
1959 was a great year for literature like lolita and naked lunch novels that led the way for such wonderful works as the atrocity exhibition and last exit to Brooklyn clockwork orange (1962 if not mistaken) and twelve to name but a few.
Fantastic! Thank you!
Fun stuff...
What a marvelous actor! No one has played such a wide variety of roles! RIP Christopher Plummer.
wonderful story by Franz Kafka!
Nabokov was native English speaker, he was trilingual
Well, most educated Russians then were
@@StopFear если вы сравните высокообразованную русскую интелигенцию с Набоковым, вы поймёте: что это разные измерения относительно понимания ритма и стиля английского языка, даже в случае пренебрежения сложностью лингвистических конструкций и оборотов, не говоря уже про запас слов.
You're wrong.
Is the English language the native language of Russia? No. So you're absolutely incorrect.
@@edgarbleikur1929 Can you even imagine how many nations live in Russia? Anyway, it doesn't matter in which country you have lived. What matters is what kind of person you are and what kind of meaning you possess.
Два гения
Amazing. That story honestly gave me chills. I've never heard it before.
Hi Leisurely I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌹🌹
@@frankuvlkan why do you wanna be my friend?
@@leisurelylisa6427 I have a profitable information to share with you and you'll be glad you read this information. The information is free but lucrative and educative, it's 100 percent legit TRADING INVESTMENT....
@@frankuvlkan aww too bad..
absolute gem
I don't wish to sound unkind because Christopher Plummer would easily be one of my favorite actors of all time but I feel like his Nabokov accent drifted into a French affectation. I don't know Nabokov so perhaps he knew French as well as English? Still it's a remarkable performance like most of his roles. RIP Christopher Plummer 💜
From memory, Speak Memory, Nabokov's autobiography, saw the author describe himself as 'a pefectly normal trilingual child in a family with a large library'. He spoke French, the lingua franca of the aristocracy, before he learned Russian.
@@trevorbailey1486 Ah good to know. Thank you for the clarification.
He spoke English with a French accent and French with a Russian accent.
this has nothing to do with any accent but the intellect of Nabokov and the audible excitement of his voice
I hear Peter Sellers saying “that is not my dog” as Inspector Clouseau…”that is not my wolf” 😊
Charlie day had to have been playing this character in flowers for Charlie lol
Man, what an outstanding actor
My respect and appreciation of Nabokov grew tenfold after witnessing this remarkable man step into a storyteller's shoes. There can be no doubt after watching this, literature ran through his veins, not mere blood. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world.
FYI this isn't Nabokov, It's an actor, Christopher Plummer portraying Vladimir Nabokov.
@@louisnooope OMG! I just googled it, they looked so alike at a certain point. That explains why he is such a great storyteller in that class, all great actors are. You kinda blew my whole theory out of the water. Thanks for letting me know.
What? Forget about this actor. Nabokov"s works are some of the greatest in English literature. You'll notice Americans are quick to claim him even though he was from Russia.
It is not Nabokov haven’t you seen his photographs? Also an’t you see it is a acting ?
@@zyngremlin7378 Americans are perfectly fine with Nabokov been from Russia. USA gave him a shelter , when he run from occupied France to US . , Americans don’t have to claim him , they have great American writes as well.
Thank you for the video!