论古尔纳《囚笼》中的“边界”概念

On the Concept of"Boundary"in Gurnah's Cages

美国文学理论家萨义德从思想观念的角度出发,对“边界”概念做出了新的解释,他以后殖民主义文化霸权“地方权威——中央权威”的权力构成模型为基础,揭示出了“边界”在区分“自我”和“他者”问题上的身份认同功能;而英国籍坦桑尼亚裔作家阿卜杜勒拉扎克·古尔纳及其创作的短篇小说《囚笼》,则紧紧围绕“身份认同”这一问题,通过深度刻画的小说人物,精心布置的故事场景,创造性地揭示出“边界”划分“内化”和“多样化”的新特征,进而实现了对殖民话语内部流动过程的一次新探索。

American literary theorist Said gave a new interpretation of the concept of"boundary"from the perspective of ideological concepts.Based on the power composition model of the"local authority central authority"of postcolonial cultural hegemony,he revealed the identity function of"boundary"in distinguishing between"self"and"other"issues;The British Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah and his short story Cages revolve closely around the issue of identity.Through deeply portrayed novel characters and carefully arranged story scenes,they creatively reveal new features of"internalization"and"diversification"in the division of"boundaries"and get a new exploration of the internal flow process of colonial discourse.