建立身份与空间的联系——牙买加小说《穷途末路》的启示

Establishing the Link between Identity and Space——Inspirations from Jamaican Novel Gone to the Dogs (Madame)

身份问题已经作为一种现代现象产生,而其产生的原因之一是出生地与民族概念的分离,这种天然的联系在过去是单一的因果关系。而现代世界之中,所有人都生活在一种"现代流动性"之中,其特点正是"动态",即表现为缺乏稳定性。在这种情况之下,身份问题自然而然地成为最棘手、最难以解决的问题。通过对牙买加小说《穷途末路》主人公成长历程的解读,便可知当代西方后殖民主义理论代表人物霍米·巴巴所提出的重要概念之于身份问题的重要性。

The problem of identity has arisen as a modern phenomenon,and one of the reasons is the separation of the concept between the place of birth and nationality.This natural connection was a single cause and effect in the past.In the modern world,everyone lives in"modern mobility",which is characterized by"dynamics",that is,the lack of stability.In this case,the issue of identity naturally becomes the most difficult problem to solve.Through the interpretation of the protagonist’s growth process in Jamaican novel Gone to the Dogs(Madame),the importance of the concept,proposed by Homi K.Bhabha who is the representative of contemporary western postcolonial theory,to the issue of identity can be seen.