著者

山辺 弦

出版者

現代文芸論研究室

雑誌

れにくさ = Реникса : 現代文芸論研究室論集 (ISSN:21870535)

巻号頁・発行日

no.4, pp.255-269, 2013

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特集 ラテン文学論文This paper discusses the relation between exile and sex in contemporary Cuban literature, focusing on three short stories: "Piazza Margana" by Calvert Casey (1924-1969), "Viaje a La Habana" by Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) and "Pornografía" by Carlos Victoria (1950-2007). In these stories, eroticism and the sexual act are strongly related to the condition of exile, experienced by the three authors during the government of Fidel Castro. The sexual desire to unite with a beloved one paralleles the nostalgia for the lost place and past, and creats an illusionary vision of non-existent time and space in the moment of ecstasy. In this way, symbolizing the sexual act as an act of return to the utopia/ucronia, the three stories describe various reactions of the protagonists to that possibility of return: ecstatic escape to the imaginary space and time, ephemeral recovery of the possible past and failure of the return caused by a persistent resignation. These responses reflect the personal experiences and agonies of each writers, and also seem to correspond to the collective consciousness of the exiles of the time, showing us the diversity and complexity of the theme of exile in contemporary Cuban literature.