Король, дама, валет. Сюжетообразующая измена в корреляции с другими ключевыми для рецепции романа мотивами

Abstract

This paper is devoted to infidelity motif (its function and place in the novel) in one of Russian-language works by V. Nabokov King, Queen, Knave. This motif has a plotforming role in the work. Infidelity fulfills supportive function, enriching aesthetic value of other motifs (mirror, theatricality, game, automatism) around which the whole novel is built. The work contains one of the most schematic variants of this motif (infidelity and murder, infidelity and death as punishment), which evolves in the next novels, becomes even more complicated and transforms into Nabokov's artistic technique.