Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Felt Like Church On Christmas or Easter.

And Thus The Class Room Fills.

Students (studious and not), Nabokovians, Amandatarians, Sexsonians,

Stylists and Murderers alike,

The Jury, The Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, The readers and writers, The copier and scribers,

Here is our notes upon the test that Sexson says he knows best. Thirty-five of ours, for Fifteen of his, but I'm sure his rules will go amiss.

Here's your list:


First!

What is the Name of the Only Hotel (in Part 1 mind you) that our Humbert Humbert and his Lolita stay upon a comfortable double bed?

-The Enchanted Hunters (Two, mind you)

Second!

342! Houses with spouses, and hotels with pedophiles.

Third!

page 31. What is it that Logicians Loathe And Poets Love?

Fourth!

Page 9. You Can Always Count a fancy prose stylist for a murderer....?

Fifthly!

Memorize (Memorize?) the last line (Yes Memorize) of Lolita (Yet not Lolita).

Sixth!

Page 437. Nabokovians! What does Nabokov think he was "really". And you would say,
"a landscape painter."

Seventh!

Who Can Recognize a nymphette? An artist and a Madman (Where does this place you?)

Eighth!

Seeing Colors as Letters, or Letters as Numbers, Or coloring in the lines by the number is? Synisthesia (I truly don't know exactly)

Ninth!

Mustache!

Tenthly!

We're to Nabokov, as Quilty is to Humbert! (How does this make you feel?) (Used?)

Eleventh!

Students! What does Nabokov think about Sleep? Its Repulsive, (and so seems the question!)

Twelfth!

Dolores, Our Lo, Lolita, Ms. Haze, The Dramatist, The Mater Dolorosa! The Mother Mary. The Sorrowful Sevens Sins........

Thirteenth!

What are the names of Jean (Gene!) Farlows dogs! Cavall and Melampus. not melon pus.

Thirteen.1!

How is the story of Acteon and Dian significant

Fifteenthly!

What do you need to pass this class? Memory, Imagination, Artistic Sense, and A dictionary (almost didn't something Nabokovian, but I've been warned once)

Sixteenth!

Nobokovians! something you must know! The Three things that make a writer well;

Storyteller,
Teacher
Enchanter

But in What order? hmmm....

Aside: What's the chance of Coincidence this class around?

Seventeenth! (The Hump!) (The Hump!)

Read James The Rat's Blog (That's this blog) ( I truly hope you know that) (Maybe I'll hint what later for you taker of test only;)

Eighteenth!

What color is the ball that the cocker spaniel is playing with? it's Red. Aside: Nabokov loves white lies. Not that it matters if they're white.)

Nineteenth!

Describe Humbert's Forearms in 2 Words! Hairy and Masculine (Not Sexy)



(Really it's not Sexy)

Twentiethly!

WATERPROOF! O Face! Not Office Space. O! O!

Twenty-first!

Name one of the plays written by Clare Quilty; (I'm not making these up)

The Little Nympth

The Lady that Loved Lightning (Picnics?)

Fatherly Love

The Strange Mushroom (?)

Twenty-second!

How did Charlotte Haze Die? (Now according to SS I told it incorrectly in my blog, but i find not the blog that spurts it wrong.) So read and find for yourself.

Twenty-third!

Reality

Twenty-fourth!

(Picnic, Lightning) don't forget the,

Twenty-fifthly!

What is the difference between satire and parody? Satire is a lesson, Parody is a game.

Twenty-sixth!

In "Speak Memory", What did Nabokov's mother like to collect from the woods?

Super powers in Mario Brothers anyone?

Twenty-seventh!

What is the brats favorite order of genres of films? MUSICAlS (Slapping out one finger), UNDERWORLDERS (Finger Two), and Westerners (The Third Finger slaps lips to silence)

Twenty-eighth!

Who is Jutting Jaw? Who is Dick Tracy

Twenty-Ninth!

Metafiction. Lolita, Don Quixote, And The French Lieutenants Woman.

Thiriethly!

Taxovich

Thirty-First!

(Spoiler! O Faces, Thousand Lakes, and Acteon)

The Casbian Varber, The Classlist, Taxovich, and Our sweet Lo playing Tennis all never made it into the film version! yet they're Vivian Darkbloom's favorites.

Thirty-second!

"The very geometry of reality is what Lolita seemed to represent when she was playing tennis."
-This makes a fool of everything I've ever ridden. ;)

Thirty-Third!

The imitated behavior! Read Page (%.

Thirty-Fourth!

The age that certain artist and madmen find their lovers? 9-14

Thirty-Fifthly! LAST! THANK YOU!

What is the one region where nymphets not found. (Don't say Montana) (You'll be wrong?) (What?)

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