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Article
The Application of Symbolism in Domenico Starnone’s Novel Lacci
Author(s)
ZOU Jiamei
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2023.03.005
Affiliation(s)
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
ABSTRACT
In the Italian novel Lacci,
the young husband abandoned his wife and lived with another woman. Although the
marriage has been maintained under the stress of tense relations, friction and
cracks have long existed and broken their peaceful life. This betrayal story
restores the whole story from three perspectives through the eyes of the
husband, the wife, and the memory of two children. It also reveals the
indifferent and uncommunicable situations experienced by everyone in the
family. The shoelace that appeared repeatedly in this article not only
symbolizes the entangled and chaotic relationship between husband and wife, but
also symbolizes the parent-child relationship that has long been broken but
still tied up with each other; another image, the cat, not only symbolizes the
seductive lover in the eyes of the husband, but also represents himself who
pursues the satisfaction of desire. At the same time, cat also implies the
disintegration of this marriage from inside to outside. In short, in this
suffocating marriage novel, shoelace symbolizes order, while cat symbolizes
chaos. The cat who keeps breaking in wore away their trust and emotion, and in
the end, the two people in marriage can only bind reluctantly with shoelaces
and hurt each other.
KEYWORDS
Domenico Starnone, Lacci, symbolism
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