“我们都是流亡者”——论马洛夫小说《约翰诺》中的流亡意识和民族身份认同

"We Are All Exiles":On Exile and National Identity in David Malouf’s Johnno

《约翰诺》是戴维.马洛夫的第一部流亡主题小说。小说主人公约翰诺代表了那些来到新大陆、远离英帝国中心的澳大利亚移民。与生俱来的民族身份感的缺失使他的内心充斥着强烈的流亡意识和重新确立自身民族身份的渴望。本文从"强烈的流亡意识和民族身份不确定性的焦虑"、"流亡意识的加剧和梦幻泡影般的寻根之旅"以及"毁灭与重生的两种选择向度"三个层面来解析这部作品中的流亡意识和民族身份认同。最后,文章尝试揭示这部作品本身所蕴涵的积极意义和重要价值。

Johnno is David Malouf s first novel on the theme of exile.The title character Johnno represents Australian immigrants who came to the new land and exiled from the imperial center Britain.The loss of certainty filled Johnno with a strong sense of exile and a longing for a reconstruction of his national identity.The article analyzes exile and national identity from three levels:the strong sense of exile and the anxiety brought by uncertainty of identity,aggravation and the search for his roots,destruction an...