Reconstruction of the Psychological Characteristics of the Personality of the Writer Vladimir Nabokov

Marina N. Aksenovskaya

Counseling and Training Center, Saratov, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.25025                

Abstract

The experience of psychological characteristics reconstruction of the personality of the writer Vladimir Nabokov is outlined in this paper by using the method of content analysis of his literary works. The main existential units included into the notional semantics of the writer’s consciousness i.e. world, time, fate, life, death, memory are determined. The conclusion is drawn that
post-modern perception of the reality, accompanied by depression symptoms, is typical for the writer.

Keywords

Personality, Products of Activities, Content Analysis, Meaning, Notional Semantics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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