传统印第安文化意象的解构与重建——论西尔科的《黄女人》

The deconstruction and reconstruction of tradional Indian images——The Yellow Women of Silko

本文研究美国印第安女作家莱斯利·马蒙·西尔克的重要短篇小说《黄女人》中的传统文化意象。西尔克在创作中吸收了本民族文化的精华,重新建构了印第安传统文化中的母神、河神和大地等意象,使作品具备了印第安文化的独特性和审美特征。

Leslie Marmon Silko is a remarkable native female American writers.Silko reconstructs the traditional Indian cultural images,such as the God of Mother,the God of river and the Earth,that are embedded with the native traditional understanding and definitions of nature.Besides expressing her concern for the Indian people and their culture and to strike back against the white people,the reconstruction renders the composition the unique beauty of Indian traditional cuture.