Nafisi and her students read Nabokov against the backdrop of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In that setting, what does the experience off'er them? Would their reading of the novel provide the same...

Nafisi and her students read Nabokov against the backdrop of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In that setting, what does the experience off'er them? Would their reading of the novel provide the same expe1ience if ir took place in the United Sc.ates? Does literature serve a di.fferent function in our society? How might reading a novel in a private group differ from the expe1ience of reading the same novel in an Americ.1n high school OT college classroom?