论《浮现》中的民族文化生存危机主题

On the Theme of National Cultural Survival Crisis in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing

玛格丽特·阿特伍德(Margaret Atwood,1939—)被誉为"加拿大文学女王"、"加拿大文学代言人",其作品往往以加拿大为背景,以诗人的气质、幽默的文风和理性的反思,讲述了社会中自我身份与社会角色相冲突的故事。由于具有强烈的女性意识和民族意识,阿特伍德在小说中塑造了众多男性文化主宰下始终具有异化感的女性形象,描述了她们的困境与选择、迷惘与追寻、探索与幸存之路。其作品往往以女性主义、民族主义和生态主义三大主题其中之一为主,其他为辅,相互交错融合。本文主要以《浮现》为例,集中探寻加拿大如何在法、英殖民地的历史阴影中和美国文化入侵的现实威胁下生存这个主题。

Margaret Atwood (born November 18,1939) is a Canadian poet,literary critic,essayist,environmental activist,and among the most-honored authors of fiction in recent history.She was known as the queen of Canadian Literature and prolocutor for Canadian literature.Her works are set in Canada,narrating stories of social conflicts between self-identity and social roles with her poetic makings,humor style and logic introspections.Due to her strong sense of feminism and national consciousness,she portrayed female characters with a sense of alienation in the masculine dominant culture,describing their frustrations and choices,dilemmas and pursuit,explorations and survival.Her works are often centered on one of the three themes:feminism,nationalism and environmentalism,with the three complementing one another.Taking her novel "Surfacing" as a case,this paper focused on exploring the theme of Canadian survival under the historical shadow of the French and British colonization and the threat of the American cultural invasion.