This article attempts an experimental mode to ply the depths of a text’s relationship with its circumstances of production. Deploying an immersive praxis, the analysis aims to activate the autonomy of the short story ‘The Quest of Yar Khan’ through a rich engagement with its materiality, particularly its named geography. Revealing the text’s context in this way offers an opportunity to refresh the view of South Asia in peri-Federation Australia, a circumstance of which this short story is part.

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亚尔汗（Yar Khan）的残酷地理

本文尝试一种实验模式，以探究文本与其生产环境之间关系的深度。该分析采用沉浸式实践，旨在通过与故事的实质性（尤其是其地理区域）的丰富互动来激活短篇小说《亚尔汗的追求》的自治权。以这种方式揭示文本的上下文，提供了一个机会，可以刷新澳大利亚近郊联合会对南亚的看法，在这种情况下，本短篇小说就是其中的一部分。