Emva phayaa ngo-1990 uncwadi lwaseKhanada lwalonwabele ukudibana phakathi kwalo UMargaret Atwood y URobertson Davies. Ngeso sihlandlo ababhali babini babandakanyeka kumzabalazo oqaqambileyo wokuba ngoyena mbhali ubalaseleyo waseKhanada welo xesha kwaye, kutheni kungenjalo, kuba babekuwo, embalini.
Baye baqalisa uthotho lweengxabano phakathi kombalisi we-octogenarian kunye no-Atwood owathi, esondela kwi-50, naye wayengenanto yokubonisa. Ngaloo mini kwakuyimfuneko ukubonisa ukuba ngubani obambe kakhulu kunye neyona nto ingcono kuluhlu lwewonga kunye nentengiso. Ekugqibeleni oko kwaconjululwa ngomnye wabo babini wathi: “Ndifunga ngeBhayibhile ukuba ndinokungcolisa ngokungenasiphelo ngaphezu kwenu. Ukusuka kumzabalazo wesitayile ababeye kuso ukubonisa ukuba wonke umzabalazo we-egos uphela ukhokelela kolona phawu lincinci.
I-Anecdotes ecaleni, u-Atwood kunye noDavies ngokungathandabuzekiyo bondla omnye nomnye. Ixhoba lase-Atwood sele lisazi namhlanje ukuba lelinye lawona magama makhulu aseKhanada, ngemvume yalaa mfo unentshebe kunye noqhankqalazo ngokweemo, nangona kunjalo, ezantsi ezantsi ngokuqinisekileyo wafumana i-epic evocations yomntu, ngokugqithiswa kwesiporho okanye kwimibono ephazamisayo. inyani malunga nobuntu.
Iincwadana ezi-3 eziCetyiswayo nguRobertson Davies
Yintoni ethatha ingcambu kwithambo
Enye yezo noveli zibandakanya ubugcisa be-fiction par excellence, engeyiyo enye into ngaphandle kokulinganisa isenzo kunye nokucamngca ukuya kweyona nto iphezulu. KuFrancis Cornish sifumanisa i-ecce homo, umntu ovezwe kuhlalutyo lwethu olucokisekileyo ukusuka emphefumlweni ukuya kwinto ephilayo. Emva koko kuza isenzo, ukufakwa komlingiswa kwimeko eguqukayo, ekhawulezayo. Akukho nto ibhetele kunemfazwe ukujamelana nathi ngeengozi kunye nokuzisa iingxaki malunga nobomi, ukufa, kunye nokugqwesa kobugcisa, ukusuka kwixabiso lakho ukuya kwixabiso lako. Ibali eliyimfuneko kuye nawuphi na umfundi ongeyonyani.
Siqala ekugqibeleni, ukuze sidideke ngakumbi. UFrancis Cornish usisityebi kwaye uyimfihlakalo umphathi waseCanada kunye nomqokeleli wezobugcisa osandula ukubhubha. Ukusuka kwiimeko ezinobungozi ezikhokelela emtshatweni wabazali bakhe ngoqeqesho lobugcisa be-heterodox? okanye ukuqala kwakhe uthando, inoveli ihamba ngamanqanaba ahlukeneyo obomi bakhe kwaye inike ingxelo yophuhliso lomlinganiswa wakhe.
Le yindlela atyhileka ngayo ixesha lakhe elidlulileyo njengombuyisi wepeyinti kunye nomqambi, izakhono ezathi ngexesha leMfazwe yesiBini yeHlabathi ziya kumkhokelela ekubeni abe yinxalenye yobuntlola baseBritane kwaye athathe inxaxheba kwiyelenqe lokuthengisa imisebenzi yobugcisa bobuxoki kumaNazi. Kule noveli, uRobertson Davies udala ibali elikrelekrele malunga nezizathu, inkanuko kunye namayelenqe aqhuba ilizwe lobugcisa.
I-Deptford Trilogy
UDavies wayekwazi ukwenza iitrilogies ezinkulu kwaye wazidibanisa kunye nokukhululeka okumangalisayo komntu ozinikele kumsebenzi wesiqhelo. Ubuchule bakhe buphuphuma kulo mqulu apho, ngeetonela ze-labyrinthine zembali, intsomi kunye nomlingo, sinikwa isithintelo esikhuthazayo kwihlabathi, sicaphula umbhali: "apho uloyiko, uloyiko kunye nobungangamsha bezinto ezimangalisayo buthe shwaka.
Kwi- "The Fifth Discord" kulapho, kufutshane nokufa okungummangaliso kwesidwangube saseCanada uBoy Staunton, iyelenqe lale noveli lilukiwe. Ingxelo inikwa nguDunstan Ramsay, umhlobo kaStaunton ukusukela ebuntwaneni, owathi ngokuzama ukucacisa iimeko zokufa kwakhe akanakuba nenye indlela ngaphandle kokujongana nebali lobomi bakhe. Ukusukela ekuqalekeni kwebali, uRamsay usebenzise impembelelo eyimfihlakalo kwaye engenabungozi ngokupheleleyo kwabo bamngqongileyo: amanyathelo abonakala emsulwa-ukulwa neebhola zekhephu okanye amaqhinga okufunda amakhadi- ziya kutyhilwa njengeziganeko zokuthatha isigqibo kubomi babanye.
"Manticore" UDavid ukhathazekile okokoko kwasweleka utata wakhe. Yena, ngokungafaniyo namapolisa, uqinisekile ukuba utata wakhe wabulawa. Ukuzimisela ukulahla ukuthanda kwakhe izinto, uDavid uya e-Zurich ukuya kuhlolwa ngengqondo kwi-Jung Institute. Ukunyanzelwa ngoochwephesha bezengqondo ukuba baphande inkumbulo yakhe, uDavid uya kuthi chu akhanyise igalari engaqhelekanga yabalinganiswa kunye neenkumbulo eziya kumvumela ukuba ajongane needemon zakhe kwaye, ngaphezulu kwako konke, inkumbulo kayise.
"Ilizwe leZimanga" livala i-Deptford Trilogy ngencopho enomtsalane, isombulula imfihlakalo ejikeleze ukusweleka kwesigwili uBoy Staunton. Izenzo ezibonakala zimsulwa - umlo webhola ekhatywayo okanye ukufunda ngokuqaqamba kwesandla - ziya kutyhilwa njengeziganeko ezinamanzi ebomini bukaPaul Dempster, inkwenkwe yaseDepford eyayaziwa nguStaunton ebuntwaneni bakhe kwaye, ekuhambeni kwexesha, wayeza kuba nguMagnus Eisengrim, oyena mntu isidanga esidumileyo somhla wakhe.
Umoya wemibhiyozo
Ngelo xesha ndacaphula incwadi ngo Edgar Allan Poe malunga nokuhlangana okuhlekisayo koomoya njengeyona nto ibalaseleyo kwimveliso yakhe. Imalunga nenjongo ephazamisayo yokuvusa ubundlobongela kunye noloyiko ngokudibeneyo. Ngeli xesha umba ujolise ikakhulu kuburharha. Kwaye ke, iziporho zingaphezulu kokulungisa into engachazekiyo yeli hlabathi (phantse yonke into) ukusuka kumbono wabalinganiswa abaqaqambileyo nababesele befile.
Enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo ngalo mthamo kukumelwa kwabantu abaziwayo, kwabo bebeyizibane zehlabathi lethu sele behambele ubomi obungcono okanye obubi kodwa bebuya beza kugweba kwaye banike umbono omasikizi wento yonke esijikelezileyo. Inobunkunkqele, iphazamise ngamanye amaxesha ..., umlingo owenziwe ngokusondeleyo, uncwadi oludumileyo.
Ngexesha leminyhadala yemveli yeKrisimesi eyayibanjelwe kwiKholeji yaseMassey kwiYunivesithi yaseToronto, URobertson Davies wayenomkhwa wokonwabisa abafundi ngokubaxelela amabali eziporho. Le ntsomi iqokelela la mabali alishumi elinesibhozo apho URobertson Davies Udibanisa ngobuchule i-parody overtones kwiibali ezoyikisayo. I-anthology engalibalekiyo yamabali esiporho apho uRobertson Davies ngobuchule adibanisa izinto zokufunda kunye nokubhala kumabali awoyikisayo.
