古巴来信:论卡彭铁尔小说的戏剧性、仪式性与历史性

Greetings from Cuba:the Theatricality,Rituals,and History in Carpentier’s Stories

古巴是加勒比海地区的文学重镇,也是社会主义国家文学中不可或缺的重要分支。然而,由于其地理的遥远和语言的障碍,古巴文学在我国的翻译和研究尚处于筚路蓝缕的起步阶段。本文以古巴20世纪知名作家卡彭铁尔的短篇小说为研究对象,以他的《学生》《昏暗的祭典》以及《圣雅各之路》为研究样本,分析其中体现的戏剧性、仪式性与历史性。卡彭铁尔的小说创作代表了一个国家、一个时代和一个民族的美学特征。他用天马行空的想象与瑰丽奇绝的景观展现了古巴人民曾经遭受过的深沉苦难与他们在激情燃烧的岁月里对于社会主义国家的真挚信仰。

Cuba is one of the literature headquarters in the Caribbean area and an indispensable branch of socialist literature.However,due to the remoteness of geography and language barriers,Cuban literature remains little known to Chinese readers and academics.This article takes Alejo Carpentier’s three short stories,“El Estudiante,”“Oficio de Tinieblas,”and“El Camino de Santiago”as case studies to explore the theatricality,rituals,and history reflected in them.This article claims that Alejo Carpentier’s novels represent the aesthetic characteristics of a nation,an era,and an ethnic group.He used unconstrained imagination and breathtaking landscapes to reveal the sufferings of the Cuban people and their sincere faith in the socialist state during the years of passion.