ENG 3U7

Reading Lolita In Tehran

Please complete the following assignment. It will be taken up in class on Tues, Dec 12, 06.

Nafisi's study group focuses on a group of specific writers. Background research on the various writers referenced in her text will enrich your experience with Reading Lolita in Tehran. Begin with the Nabokov's Lolita. Form an educated response as to why you think Nafisi chose to put Lolita in the title out of the all the other books referenced in her text. Do you think Nafisi chose and appropriate title for a memoir?

Resources:

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/nabokov/

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/nabokov/lolita/