Lolita theory
Sorry if this doesn’t have place here - please redirect if so (sorry for vague title)
I am writing about Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’, and trying to identify the theory I’m trying to observe it from.
What I’m trying to say is that ‘Lolita’ doesn’t exist outside of Humbert’s worldview. Dolores does, but I am separating these to make a point of the character he’s built up. The fact that he is writing under observation, he is writing a testimony, his past and whatnot are what create ‘Lolita’.
I want to illustrate that he is weak and demonstrates feminine traits - how he’s built up a ‘nymphet Lolita’ so that his pursuit of her is viewed as masculine.
He is the prism that illuminates her character of ‘Lolita’ and outside of that, she isn’t the object of his desire.
I know male gaze might be the obvious one, but because I’m focusing on him moreso I didn’t know if it applied.
Thankyou if anyone responds, I’m really stuck.