Abstract Juan Diego Botto’s 2005 monologue “La carta” explores the real-life death of Yaguine Koita and Fodé Tounkara, two Guinean boys who in 1999 died attempting to reach Europe with a letter addressed to European officials. A close reading of Botto’s monologue illustrates how the letter by Yaguine and Fodé functions as an archive that explores and redefines the liminal spaces, and therefore the relationship, between Europe and Africa. The monologue and the letter elucidate the boys’ position as emissaries who seek to reconcile the European continent with its complicity in the state of Africa.

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使者之死：胡安·迭戈·博托的“La carta”中的语言、转喻和欧洲同谋

摘要 Juan Diego Botto 2005 年的独白“La carta”探讨了Yaguine Koita 和Fodé Tounkara 的真实死亡，这两个几内亚男孩于1999 年在寄给欧洲官员的一封信中试图前往欧洲而死亡。仔细阅读博托的独白，可以说明 Yaguine 和 Fodé 的这封信如何作为一个档案馆发挥作用，探索和重新定义阈限空间，从而定义欧洲和非洲之间的关系。独白和信件阐明了男孩们作为使欧洲大陆与其在非洲国家的同谋达成和解的使者的地位。