寻找永恒——论《太古和其他的时间》中的时间之问

Searching for Eternity——on the Question of Time in Immemoria and Other Times

奥尔加·托卡尔丘克的代表作《太古和其他的时间》,构建了一个独特的叙事时空。其采用寓言化的表达方式,站在历史的维度上对时间的永恒性进行了哲学上的思考。作者用时间书写空间,通过对生物体的节律、死生命运、宗教超时间的考察,隐喻文化基因的传承才是实现永恒的有效途径。小说体现了作者对两次世界大战前后波兰村庄历经伤痛的文学追寻和哲学反思,以及作家对波兰历史和民族的深刻思考。

In Olga Tokarcuk’s masterpiece Immemoria and Other Times,a unique narrative space-time is constructed.It adopts allegorical expression and philosophically thinks about the eternity of time from the historical dimension.The author uses time to write space.Through the investigation of biological rhythm,fate of life and death and religion over time,the inheritance of metaphorical cultural genes is the effective way to realize eternity.The novel reflects the writer’s literary pursuit and philosophical reflection on the pain experienced by Polish villages before and after the two world wars,as well as the writer’s profound thinking on Polish history and nation.