Literary Translation and Criticism | 更新时间:2024-10-17
On “Mises en abyme” in Buzzati’s The Tartar Steppe
籍禹 ,  许金菁    作者信息&出版信息
Journal of European Languages and Cultures   ·   2024年10月17日   ·   2024年 第2期  
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Introduced Dino Buzati's novel "The Tatar Desert" and its international influence. The novel revolves around the protagonist's experience of guarding the border, Luo Ge, and explores the conflict between heroic ideals and the contingency of reality. The character Angustina has a special character in the novel, and scholars have different interpretations of it. Some believe that he symbolizes a certain theme, while others focus on his role in driving the narrative of Drogo. The author points out that previous analyses have often focused only on one aspect of the relationship between Drogo and Angustina, while ignoring the complex relationship between the two. Starting from the perspective of narrative structure, the article analyzes three narrative clues: the imagined Angustina of Drogo and Drogo, as well as the real Angustina, forming a special structure of "narrative endoscopy". This structure has reflexivity and meta narrative characteristics, and can extend in both internal and external directions of the narrative. By analyzing the metaphorical correspondence between Drogo and Angustina, the author clarifies the "textured heart" of the novel and explores the interactive relationship between the internal and external spaces of the narrative.

1. Angustina as the "Pattern Heart"

In depth exploration of the "narrative endoscope" structure in Buzati's novel "The Tatar Desert" reveals the corresponding relationship between Angusina's role as a story microcosm and the homogeneity or isomorphism of the whole by analyzing the role of Angusina in the novel. The image of Angustina contrasts sharply with that of Lagorio, reflecting Drogo's inner contradictions and struggles. The novel condenses and reflects the entire fate of Drogo through three chapters by Angustina. The dialogue between Angustina and Lagorio in Chapter 8 reflects the decision faced by Drogo to stay or leave. Chapters 11 and 15 depict the opposition between ideals and reality through Drogo's imagination and realistic depiction of Angustina's death. Angustina's death became a messenger of Drogo's fate, and the contrast between his dreams and the reality of death highlights the synchronicity of their destinies. Overall, Angustina's narrative endoscopic structure provides a reflexive mapping of Drogo's psychological struggles and destiny choices, enriching the semantic hierarchy of the novel.

Characters in the interaction

In depth exploration of the interactive characteristics of the "narrative endoscope" structure in Buzati's novel "The Tatar Desert" emphasizes the interactivity between characters. By analyzing the characters of Drogo and Angustina, the suggestive, symbolic correspondences and obvious interactions between them were revealed. Angustina is both the idealized hero image of Drogo and its alienated existence, which enhances the interactivity between characters and blurs the boundaries of narrative layering, resulting in a cross layered narrative effect. In the interaction between Drogo's fantasy and reality of Angustina, Angustina's image undergoes a process from elevation to descent, reflecting the complexity of the narrative endoscope structure. Drogo ultimately realized that heroism depends on the individual rather than the environment, and great deeds can occur without traditional recognition. The novel presents a narrative that neither belongs to nor is independent of either party through the interaction between Drogo and Angustina, which includes both Drogo's personalized perspective and Angustina's direct involvement.

3 Narrative Endoscopes Reflecting on Reality

This paper explores the "narrative endoscope" structure in Buzati's novel "The Tartar Desert" and points out that this structure has the characteristic of infinite expansion, similar to the "infinite set" in mathematics. Buzati uses this structure to make readers feel the unease and anxiety in the novel, thereby establishing a connection with reality. Unlike the popular "neorealism" of the time, Buzati attempted to break away from objective reality and engage his works in dialogue with a broader reality. He uses readers as a medium to make emotional truth a way to interact with the real world. Buzati focuses on readers' reading experience, hoping that readers can generate their own emotions from the story, rather than just reading others' history. In "The Tatar Desert," Buzati highlights the importance of contingency and encourages readers to break free from the narrative of inevitability and actively participate in the interpretation of the text. This narrative endoscopic structure is neither obscure nor transparent, and its meaning comes from its relationship with other parts of the text. Buzati's goal is to connect his works with everyone and provide a way to understand the world, rather than just representing reality.

4 Conclusion

An in-depth analysis of the "narrative endoscope" structure in "The Tatar Desert" reveals its aesthetic implications and practical significance. The novel endows simple plots with complex and varied narrative textures and semantic densities through the mutual reflection and interaction of multiple narrative layers. The novel centers around two characters, Drogo and Angustina, and through the comparison of their fates, presents a concentration of nobility and contingency. At the practical level, the "narrative endoscope" structure of the novel endows it with the ability to reflect and influence reality, reflecting Buzati's attention to "contingency" and the narrative of the inevitability of fighting against fascism. This "contingency" is also a manifestation of Buzati's literary view, making the novel an open text whose meaning comes from the interaction between readers and historical and cultural backgrounds. The narrative structure of 'The Tatar Desert' provides readers with a unique aesthetic experience, prompting them to reflect on the historical and cultural background of the novel, and reflecting Buzati's profound metaphor for reality.

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