短文
Catullus Bids His Girlfriend Farewell
Puella mea me non amat. Vale, puella! Catullus obdurat: poeta puellam non amat, puellam non vocat, formam puellae non laudat, puellae rosas non dat, et puellam non basiat! Ira mea est magna! Obduro, mea puella–sed sine te non valeo.
My girl does not love me. Goodbye, girl! Catullus is tough: the poet does not love the girl, does not call the girl, does not praise the girl’s beauty, does not give the girl roses, and does not kiss the girl! My anger is great! I am tough, my girl–but without you I am not well.
题目
Think of this brief passage as a miniature “drama” with three scenes; where does each scene begin and end?
- Puella mea – Vale
- Catullus obdurat – Ira mea
- Obduro – non valeo
It might be said that there are two Catulluses here, marked by the shift from first person to third and back to first: where does each shift occur, whaat is the intended effect, and how does the Catullus of the first and third scenes differ emotionally from the persona he imagines in the second?
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Discuss the effect of the shift from first person [the real world, Catullus’ girlfriend has dropped him], to third person [a fantasy world, where Catullus imagines
himself as a tough guy who doesn’t need the girl and can get along just fine without her], back to first person [the fantasy collapses: I may be tough, Catullus confesses, but I can’t live without you].