ABSTRACT

This article discusses the autobiographical writings of Amos Oz and Ronit Matalon and focuses on A Tale of Love and Darkness (2002) and The Sound of Our Steps (2008). Although the novels differ in terms of era, language, ethnic background, and the gender of the narrator/protagonist, the core plot of mother and child, the spatial concepts of home, garden, and land, and other shared structural elements invite comparison. This reading nevertheless pinpoints their disparity: whereas Oz’s own trajectory elicits empathy, redefines the notion of personal life stories and their ideological role in Israeli society, and eventually justifies the Zionist ideology, Matalon’s poetics of rupture creates unease that subverts the possibility to voice one’s personal story and challenges the national narrative and its validity.

摘要

这篇文章讨论了 Amos Oz 和 Ronit Matalon 的自传体作品，重点是爱与黑暗的故事(2002) 和我们的脚步声(2008)。尽管小说在时代、语言、民族背景、叙述者/主人公的性别等方面有所不同，但母子的核心情节、家、花园、土地的空间概念等共有的结构元素值得比较。然而，这种解读却指出了他们的差异：虽然奥兹自己的轨迹引起了同理心，重新定义了个人生活故事的概念及其在以色列社会中的意识形态角色，并最终证明了犹太复国主义意识形态，但马塔隆的破裂诗意创造了不安，颠覆了表达个人个人意见的可能性故事并挑战民族叙事及其有效性。