“看不见”的真相——论《法西诺·卡讷》中“失明”的隐喻

The"Invisible"Truth——On the Metaphor of"Blindness"in Facino Cane

在巴尔扎克的小说《法西诺·卡讷》中,失明作为疾病的一种,不仅是指医学意义上的视觉认知能力的丧失,同时具有深层的隐喻意义和象征色彩。首先,失明是一种灵魂的疾病,反映出人类在面对自身罪恶和欲望时的困境和探索;其次,失明象征着深刻而敏锐的内在洞察力,通过其他感官和直觉来认识事物、表达情感,抵达更真实的世界;再次,失明是作家理性认识与情感表达的工具,从“失明者”的独特视角来观察世界,作者揭示了个人欲望与社会互动之间的复杂关系,并通过不同的叙事方式传达深刻的情感与思考。

In Balzac's novel Facino Cane,blindness,as a kind of disease,has profound metaphorical significance and symbolic meaning apart from referring to the loss of visual cognitive capacity in the medical sense.Firstly,blindness is a disability of soul,reflecting the dilemma and exploration of human beings in facing their own sins and desires;secondly,blindness symbolizes deep and acute insights to arrive at a truer world by perceiving things,expressing emotions and through other senses and intuition;thirdly,blindness serves as a tool of rational understanding and emotional expression of the writer.By observing the world from the unique perspective of the blind,the author reveals the complex relationship between personal desires and social interactions,and conveys profound emotions and thoughts through different narrative styles.