Nabokov's Essay: Question 7

I believe that Noabokov shows an immense deal of authority in this essay. His ideas and opinions carry so much weight that we are all crushed by his brilliance. He is also very apt to back all of them up, as well, leaving the dust he left from crushing us with is brilliance to be scattered in the wind. One idea that I am still a little shocked by (in a good way) is the following: "We should always remember that the work of art is invariably the creation of a new world, so that the first thing we should do is to study that new world as closely as possible, approaching it as something brand new, having no obvious connection with the worlds we already know. When this new world has been closely studied, then and only then let us examine its links with other worlds, other branches of knowledge." This idea was very shocking to me in that it's truth was so undeniable. I had never thought to go into a novel with such a mindset, yet one would think it is so obvious. Nabokov's authority is completely undeniable in this passage.

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, and Fredson Bowers. "Good Readers and Good Writers."Lectures on Literature. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Print.