Lolita Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   Students will consider the concept of the unreliable narrator, and just how much the reader can believe what Humbert shares with them.

2. 2

   Students will discuss how the character of Dolores (Lolita) is silenced and objectified by Humbert's narration, and how this practice may be expanded to women's voices in society as a whole.

3. 3

   Students will explore the various literary pastiches and parodies employed by Nabokov throughout the novel.

4. 4

   Students will discuss the nature of Humbert's obsession with Dolores and the psychology behind it.