母亲(Mother)/他者(Other):《女斗士》中的“对抗叙事策略”

Mother/other: the counter narrative strategy in The Woman Warrior

以美国后殖民主义理论奠基人爱德华·赛义德的东方主义理论为框架 ,评述美国华裔女作家汤亭亭的自传体小说《女斗士》中明显的东方主义倾向 ,说明作者将母亲所代表的中国文化东方化是有意识地使用“对抗叙事策略” ,以“反记忆”、“反历史”的话语方式 ,力图达到逐渐渗透、铭刻 ,甚至颠覆主流文化之目的。

The purpose of this study is to examine the orientalist tendency in The Woman Warrior in the light of Edward Said's postcolonial theories. It contends that the author's intention in deliberately depicting Chinese culture in an oriental manner is a “counter narrative strategy', aiming at penetrating, influencing and finally subverting the mainstream understanding and acceptance of Chinese culture in the United States.