当代澳大利亚旅亚小说

Representing Asia in Contemporary Australian Travel Fiction

在 2 0世纪末欧美解构主义和后殖民文化研究的影响下 ,“旅行文学”成了许多国家文学批评界关注的焦点。本文通过考察当代澳大利亚旅亚 (短篇 )小说中的“亚洲人”形象 ,揭示西方传统东方主义话语在当代澳大利亚文学中的延伸。当代澳大利亚人在“转向亚洲”后要真正做到“拥抱亚洲”,必须克服殖民主义历史给他们烙下的心理距离。

The end of the 20th century witnessed a rallying of critical interest in the study of travel literature, thanks to the emergence of Euro-American theories of deconstruction and post-colonial cultural studies. This article offers a reading of some contemporary Australian fictions about Asian travel. Focusing on the represented images of Asia in this body of literary writing, it argues that much of the contemporary Australian Asia writing constitutes no less than an extension of traditional Western orientalist discourse. It also contends that, while contemporary Australians talk increasingly more often about 'Asianization,' genuine Australian integration into the region would not materialize until the country overcomes its imperialist hostility towards Asia.