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Cathedral

Raymond
Carver


大教堂




雷蒙德．卡佛

文章中英文分析


《大教堂》是他最著名的短篇之一。主人公的妻子多年来与一位盲人朋友保持联系。一次，
盲人朋友终于 要来拜访这对夫妇，
妻子兴致勃勃，
主人公却非但不激动，
反而竭力克制自己
毫无理由的敌意和鄙夷。
和其他一些故事一样，
主人公对生活这种无所谓和厌弃相混合的态度，始终是个没有提示的谜题。除了从卡佛自己的生活经历入手，恐怕很难找到别的解释。
《大教堂 》结尾，主人公在闭着眼睛和盲人一起画画的过程中，绷紧的神经终于放松下来。
不是四两拨千斤，而是花大量篇幅在天平一端放了过多郁闷之后，
在另一端放一茶匙淡淡的
欢欣意思意思。然 而，这便是雷蒙德·卡佛。




Cathedral
Summary


opens
with
the
narrator
telling
the
reader
in
a
conversat
ional
tone
that
a
blind
friend
of
his
wife's
is
coming
to
visit
th
em.
The
narrator
is
clearly
unhappy
about
the
upcoming
visit.
He
the
n
flashes
back
to
the
story
of
how
his
wife
met
the
blind
man
whe
n
she
worked
for
him
as
a
reader.
At
the
time,
she
was
engaged
to

marry
an
officer
in
the
Air
Force.
When
she
tells
the
blind
man
goodbye,
he
asks
if
he
can
touch
her
face.
The
touch
of
his
finger
s
on
her
face
is
a
pivotal
moment
in
her
life,
something
the
narra
tor
does
not
understand.

Although
his
wife
has
maintained
contact
with
the
blind
man
for
ten

years,
this
will
be
the
first
time
she
has
seen
him
since
her
ma
rriage,
subsequent
divorce,
and
remarriage.
Robert,
the
blind
man,
has

just
lost
his
wife
and
will
be
traveling
to
Connecticut
to
visit
with
her
family.
Along
the
way
he
will
spend
the
night
at
the
home

of
the
narrator
and
his
wife.
His
wife
tells
the
narrator
that
Ro
bert
and
his
wife,
Beulah,
were
inseparable.

Themes

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Alienation
and
Loneliness

Like
the
characters
in
many
of
Carver's
works,
the
main
characters
e
xperience,
or
have
experienced,
alienation
and
loneliness.
The
narrator

is
unhappy
in
his
work,
jealous
of
his
wife,
and
unconnected
to
o
ther
human
beings.
In
addition
to
not
being
connected
to
others
hims
elf,
he
seems
to
resent
his
wife's
connections
to
other
people
as
w
ell.
When
he
speaks
of
the
impending
visit
by
the
blind
man
he
sta
tes,
''I
wasn'
t
enthusiastic
about
his
visit
...
A
blind
man
in
m
y
house
was
not
something
I
looked
forward
to.’’

Further,
once
Rob
ert
arrives...

The
narrator
is
not
an
articulate
man;
consequently,
the
narration
is

filled
with
gaps
that
the
reader
must
fill
in

Cathedr
al”

Plot
Summary

The
story’s

narrator
informs
the
readers
that
a
friend
of
his
wife
’s,

a
man
who
happens
to
be
blind,
is
on
his
way
to
visit.
The
narrator
is
not
enthusiastic
about
the
visit
because
blind
people
mak
e
the
narrator
uncomfortable,
mainly
because
the
narrator
has
no
real

experience
with
the
blind.
In
addition
to
his
uneasiness
with
the
blind,
the
narrator
is
uncomfortable
with
his
wife’s

relationship
wit
h
the
blind
man.
The
wife
and
Robert,
the
blind
man,
have
maintaine
d
a
close
relationship
via
tape
recordings
mailed
back
and
forth,
an
d
the
narrator
finds
this
unsettling.
Despite
the
narrator’s

feelings

about
the
visit,
Robert
shows
up,
and
the
three
of
them
dine
toge
ther,
and
Robert
and
the
narrator
get
to
know
each
other


Characters

Robert:
Robert,
the
blind
man,
is
a
long-time
friend
of
the
narrator
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