The metaphysics of words in Vladimir Nabokov's novelism and poetry

The study discusses the unique linguistic consciousness of V. Nabokov formed in a multilingual environment. The method of the philosophical interpretation of the text was used in V. Nabokov’s works analysis. The authors revealed that in the multicultural environment, V. Nabokov created an artful, non-standard language by means of the original language game and word-making that affected, perhaps unconsciously, the logical and philosophical concept of Wittgenstein’s language game. The language of V. Nabokov’s poetry is defined as a “spiritual exercise”, a way to destroy the experienced but unwittingly resurrected, i.e. what can be considered the experience and memories and at the same time self-creation through poetry. However, early criticism of Nabokov-Sirin’s poetry is rather skeptical about the author’s ability to address or express metaphysical aspects of life.