the novelist who writes about art, who holds up art as a value,

他的小说多描述艺术认为艺术富有价值
as well as giving a theory of memory-- memories are important in Lolita;

同时提出了一个记忆理论以及在《洛丽塔》中占了很大比重
that really comes from Proust-- a theory of memory

记忆理论实际上由普鲁斯特提出
that has a lot to do with the work of the artist.

它与艺术家的作品有莫大的关系
Nabokov, in 1966 he said this:

纳博科夫在一九六六年说
"The greatest masterpieces of twentieth-century prose"--this is convenient; take this down-- "are,

"二十世纪最伟大的佳作是这点很方便你们记一下
in this order: Joyce's ulysses,

乔伊斯的《尤利西斯》
Kafka's Transformation"-- that is, The Metamorphosis--

卡夫卡的《变形记》
"Bely's St. Petersburg," a pretty obscure Russian avant-garde novel,

贝力的《圣彼得堡》一部相当晦涩的俄国先锋小说
"and the first half of Proust's fairy tale, in Search of Lost Time. "

还有普鲁斯特的童话《追忆似水年华》的上半部分
I'm not sure the fairy tale should remind you of that first meeting

我不知道童话会不会让你们想起周一那节课
between Humbert and Lolita that we looked at on Monday,

讲到的亨伯特与洛丽塔的第一次会面