The Gap of Time
這是《挑戰莎士比亞》系列的第一本小說，作者Jeanette Winterson改編The Winter's Tale，小說裡面提到Oedipus Complex的對話實在太有趣了。
有個人提出如果古希臘時代的道路設計已經出現圓環的話，也許Oedipus就不會意外殺掉自己的父親，而整個文學史也會跟著改變，可是小說裡面另一個年輕人根本不知道Oedipus是誰，因此出現陰錯陽差的對談。
"Remember the story of Oedipus?"
"Eddy who?"
"Guy who murdered his father and married his mother."
"Was that on 'Fox News'?"
"It happened a while back. Oedipus is racing up some narrow road when he meets an old guy in a chariot."
"A Chevy Chariot?"
"No, just a chariot. So the old guy, Laius, is a King and he won't give way to some kid, and Oedipus is a moody type, proto-democrat, not impressed with age or chariots, and he won't give way either. The two of 'em fight - and Eddy ends up killing the old guy."
"Did he have a concealed-weapons licence?"
接著小小討論伊底帕斯情結，但沒聽過這情結的年輕人又說
"I mean I never even heard of it - yeah, somebody sleeps with their sister maybe ... yeah, that can happen, but..."
"Listen! It's a metaphor - rivalry and forbidden desire and the failure to leave behind the family romance."
雞同鴨講一陣子之後，回到如果當初沒有發生弒父娶母的事件，所有文學理論跟歷史可能就不是我們現在看到的樣子，但最後結尾又被年輕人歪樓。
"For real. And this entire event - crucial to western thought, a billion neurotics, a million shrinks and mother-fuckers, literary theory, all that anxiety of influence..."
"You can get a jab for that now."
"Influence is not the same as influenza."
"I said I wasn't medical."
"And specialist porn."
"You mean MILF?"
"Spell it out, boy - Mothers I'd Like to Fuck."
有個人提出如果古希臘時代的道路設計已經出現圓環的話，也許Oedipus就不會意外殺掉自己的父親，而整個文學史也會跟著改變，可是小說裡面另一個年輕人根本不知道Oedipus是誰，因此出現陰錯陽差的對談。
"Remember the story of Oedipus?"
"Eddy who?"
"Guy who murdered his father and married his mother."
"Was that on 'Fox News'?"
"It happened a while back. Oedipus is racing up some narrow road when he meets an old guy in a chariot."
"A Chevy Chariot?"
"No, just a chariot. So the old guy, Laius, is a King and he won't give way to some kid, and Oedipus is a moody type, proto-democrat, not impressed with age or chariots, and he won't give way either. The two of 'em fight - and Eddy ends up killing the old guy."
"Did he have a concealed-weapons licence?"
接著小小討論伊底帕斯情結，但沒聽過這情結的年輕人又說
"I mean I never even heard of it - yeah, somebody sleeps with their sister maybe ... yeah, that can happen, but..."
"Listen! It's a metaphor - rivalry and forbidden desire and the failure to leave behind the family romance."
雞同鴨講一陣子之後，回到如果當初沒有發生弒父娶母的事件，所有文學理論跟歷史可能就不是我們現在看到的樣子，但最後結尾又被年輕人歪樓。
"For real. And this entire event - crucial to western thought, a billion neurotics, a million shrinks and mother-fuckers, literary theory, all that anxiety of influence..."
"You can get a jab for that now."
"Influence is not the same as influenza."
"I said I wasn't medical."
"And specialist porn."
"You mean MILF?"
"Spell it out, boy - Mothers I'd Like to Fuck."
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