So, why then is homoerotic desire such a threat, a threat in this way?

那么到底为什么同性欲望如此危险
Well, one structural reason could be that homoerotic desire threatens to

一种结构性的解释认为同性欲望
collapse the engine of desire, which is difference.

可能使欲望驱动崩溃也就是消除差异
The novel has set up difference being the engine of desire.

这部小说在欲望驱动上安排了差异
So, if it's desire for the same-- understood as gender, the important

如果是对同种性别的欲望
sameness being gender-- then it looks like a self-canceling desire,

这里的重点是相同性别那么这种欲望
a desire that can't sustain itself, somehow,

就好像会自我取消无法持久
or that lacks that fundamental structure of difference

或是缺少了整部小说试图建立的
that the whole novel seeks to set up.

基础性的差异结构
If desire is the engine of the sentence, as well as

如果欲望是句子的驱动力又是记叙文
the engine of the narrative, as well as the engine of human

以及小说中的人物联系的驱动力
connection in the novel, its collapse is a great threat,

那么它的崩溃不止对人物联系